1600 The Battle of Sekigahara
1740 Maria Theresa became the ruler of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia
1803 The US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
1813 The German Kingdom of Westphalia is abolished
1817 The first Mississippi showboat leaves Nashville on its maiden voyage
1818 The 49th parallel is established as the border between the US and Canada
1818 The US and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country
1883 Treaty of Ancon
1891 The first International 6 day bike race begins (New York)
1903 The US wins a disputed boundary between the District of Alaska and Canada
1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins: it lasts 11 days
1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrates his radio tube
1911 Roald Amundsen begins a race to the South Pole
1922 Kennelworth in the Bronx is renamed Dwight Place
1929 Bayshore Highway opens in San Francisco
1930 A British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land
1942 The "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
1944 30 blocks of Cleveland, OH burns after a liquid gas factory explodes
1944 Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala
1944 The US first army wins battle of Aachen
1944 The US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines – as he had promised
1947 The HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
1956 Hannes Lindemann begins his journey across the Atlantic in a 17' craft
1960 The first fully mechanized post office is opened: Providence, RI
1960 Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager
1963 Jim Brown sets the NFL single-season rushing record: 1,863 yards
1963 South Africa begins the trial of Nelson Mandela, and 8 others, on conspiracy charges
1964 There is a riot at the Rolling Stones show in Paris: 150 arrested
1964 Herbert Hoover dies in New York at age 90
1967 Seven men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridian, Mississippi
1968 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis
1973 The OPEC oil embargo begins
1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe was the greatest athlete
1973 William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty
1973 The Saturday Night Massacre: Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox is dismissed by Solicitor General Bork, AG Richardson, and Deputy AG Ruckelshaus resigned
1976 70 people die when the Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince
1977 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in charter plane crash
1979 The John F. Kennedy Library is dedicated in Boston
1981 Three members of Weather underground arrested for an armored truck robbery
1982 Billy Martin is fired as manager of the Oakland A's
1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 is released
1987 Ten people die as an Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz is sentenced to 6 months in jail
1988 Britain ends a suspect's right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA
1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 Street subway station in New York City
1989 The US Senate impeaches US District Judge Alcee L. Hastings
1990 Three members of 2 Live Crew are acquitted on obscenity charges in Florida
1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 US cities
1990 Cincinatti Reds beat the Oakland A's in the 87th World Series
1991 Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black
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