891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1716 The first lighthouse in the US is lit at Boston Harbor
1752 England and the colonies adopt the Gregorian Calendar so 11 days disappear
1807 Aaron Burr is acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow
1814 Francis Scott Key is inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1847 US troops under General Scott enter Mexico City
1848 Alexander Stewart opens the first US department store
1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats the invaders
1872 Britain pays the US damages during Civil War
1886 George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents the typewriter ribbon
1891 The "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo (436 miles) in a record 7-hours, 6-minutes.
1899 Henry Bliss becomes the first US automobile fatality
1917 The Provisional government of Russia established, and a Republic proclaimed
1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes the dictator of Spain
1930 The Nazis gain 107 seats in the German election
1933 Two billion board feet of lumber destroyed in the Tillamook, Oregon fire
1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes its maiden flight
1940 The US Congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (a draft law)
1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters
1948 Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater
1954 Hurricane Edna hits New York City causing $50 million damage
1956 The first prefrontal lobotomy is performed
1957 UN resolution deplores and condemns the USSR invasion of Hungary
1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's first surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy
1964 Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House
1965 The TV series "F-Troop" premiers
1967 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge and Sanctuary opens in the Bronx
1972 The TV series "Waltons" premiers
1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton is canonized as the first US-born saint
1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks
1981 Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV
1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash
1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
1983 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
1984 The first MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host
1987 Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. sets a record by playing 8,243 innings in 910 games
1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp of Hawaii is crowned Miss America 1992
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