322BC Aristotle dies of indigestion
1187 Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders
1608 Hans Lippershey offers the Dutch government a new invention: telescope
1608 The Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey
1792 The Baptist Missionary Society forms in London
1833 NY Anti-Slavery Society organized
1836 Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle
1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land
1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States. Rome is made Italian capital
1889 The first Pan American conference (Washington DC)
1910 The first 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy)
1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke
1935 Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1935 NY Hayden Planetarium, the 4th planetarium in the US, opens
1936 The first alcohol power plant is established in Atchison, Kansas
1940 The British liner "Empress" loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk
1941 Six Parisian synagogues are bombed
1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half killing 338 people
1942 The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is demonstrated in Chicago
1950 The comic strip "Peanuts" first appears
1955 TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiers
1956 The first atomic powered clock is exhibited-New York City
1959 Rod Serling's TV series "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS
1961 The TV series "Ben Casey" premieres
1967 Grateful Dead members are arrested by narcotic agents
1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia
1967 Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court Justice
1970 Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
1980 Larry Holmes retains the WBC heavyweight title by defeating Muhammad Ali
1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is first representative expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat
1984 Three cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
1984 Richard Miller, becomes first (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
1985 Rock Hudson dies at 59 of aids
1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
1988 Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens
1990 US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to the Supreme Court
1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission
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