1394 The Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
1630 The city of Boston forms
1776 Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort
1787 The US constitution is adopted by Philadelphia convention
1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, a satellite of Saturn
1819 The first whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam): the bloodiest day of the Civil War
1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes the first fatality of powered flight
1911 The first transcontinental airplane flight, New York to Pasadena 82 hours 4 minutes
1920 The National Football League is organized in Canton Ohio
1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters with pitches in 1 inning
1934 The first 33-1/3 rpm recording is released: Beethoven's 5th
1937 The first NFL game in Washington, DC
1939 The Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II
1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
1947 James Forrestal is sworn in as the first US Secretary of Defense
1949 Steamer "Noronic" burns at its pier killing 128 people
1952 "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" are renamed "Citizenship Day"
1953 The first successful separation of Siamese twins is performed
1953 Ernie Banks becomes the Chicago Cubs' first black player
1954 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 rounds
1956 Black students enter a Clay Kentucky elementary school
1957 Scott Crossfield takes the X-15 up for its first powered flight
1959 Transit 1A, the first navigational satellite, is launched, but fails to achieve orbit
1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 people in Japan and Korea
1963 The TV series "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV
1963 Train struck a makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1964 The TV series "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert in Kansas
1964 Supremes release "Baby Love"
1967 The TV series "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1967 Mount Washington train derails and kills eight people
1972 The TV series "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, CA
1976 Ringo Starr releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album
1978 Begin, Sadat, and Carter sign the Camp David accord
1980 The Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
1983 Vanessa Williams of New York became the first black Miss America
1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister, succeeding John Turner
1984 Richard Basehart dies at age 70 (Voyage to the Bottom of The Sea)
1986 US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as the 16th Chief Justice
1987 Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of the Constitution
1989 Hurricane Hugo begins a 4 day sweep through the Caribbean killing 62 people
1989 A New York City court of appeals overturns a lower court decision and returns the America's Cup back to the US from New Zealand
1990 The Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep the New York Post publishing
1990 Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
1991 Both North and South Korea join the United Nations
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