1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo.
1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain after circumnavigation of globe. The expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan.
1565 The first permanent settlement in the US forms (St Augustine, Florida)
1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by the Maltese and the Knights of St John
1664 The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam, NY to 300 English soldiers
1771 Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
1796 Battle of Bassano
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about 'when you can fool people…'
1860 Loss of the steamer, "Lady Elgin"
1863 47 Texas volunteers repel a Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, TX
1868 The NY Athletic Club is formed
1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike is driven at Independence Creek, Montana
1883 NY Giants score 13 runs in one inning against the Phillies
1892 The first appearance of "The Pledge of Allegiance."
1900 6,000 people are killed when a hurricane and tidal wave destroys Galveston, Texas. It is the most deadly in US history.
1920 The US Air Mail service begins: NYC to SF.
1921 The first Miss America is crowned: Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC
1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes the first woman ambassador
1930 The first appearance of the legendary comic strip "Blondie"
1930 NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew
1934 134 die in a fire aboard the liner "Morro," Castle off NJ
1939 FDR declares a "limited national emergency" due to the growing war in Europe
1941 The entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
1943 Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II
1944 The first German V-2 rocket lands in Britain
1945 The US invades Japanese-held Korea
1951 Japan signs treaty of peace with 48 countries
1952 Ernest Hemingway's epic "Old Man & the Sea" is published
1954 Southeast Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) is formed to stop communist spread in Southeast Asia
1957 Mal Anderson & Althea Gibson win the US Open
1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets. They are all boys
1965 Hurricane "Betsy" kills 75 people in Louisiana & Florida
1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV
1967 Surveyor 5 launched. It makes a soft landing on the Moon on Sept 10.
1971 The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington DC
1973 Hank Aaron sets a new record for the most home runs in one league: 709
1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard M. Nixon of all federal crimes
1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools
1985 Alayson Gibbons sets a 24 hour women swimming record of 42.05 miles in a 25 meter swimming pool
1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb's record with 4,191 hits
1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC
1990 Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graff to win the US Open
1991 Stefan Edberg wins the US Open
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