312 Start of the Imperial Indication
366 Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
787 The second Council of Nicaea opens in Asia Minor
1493 Columbus' second expedition to the New World
1625 The Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico
1683 The Jews are expelled from all French possessions in America
1742 Faneuil Hall opens to the public
1789 Congress creates the Post Office
1789 Congress' first Judiciary Act, Attorney General and Supreme Court
1829 Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign a Peace Treaty of Adrianople
1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal the English Corn Law
1841 Sarawak obtained by Britain from the Sultan of Brunei
1845 The first baseball team is organized
1852 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated
1853 The first round-the-world trip by yacht: Cornelius Vanderbilt
1862 Confederate Congress adopts the confederacy seal
1865 James Cooke walks a tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks
1869 Black Friday: Wall Steet panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold
1883 National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky
1934 2,500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
1938 Don Budge becomes first tennis player to win a grand slam
1948 Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington, DC
1950 "Operation Magic Carpet" - All Jews from Yemen are moved to Israel
1952 Underwater volcano explodes under the research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
1954 The Tonight Show premiers on NBC
1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack while on vacation in Denver
1957 Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate the Little Rock schools
1960 The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier launches: USS Enterprise
1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR that limits nuclear testing
1964 "The Munsters" premiers
1968 "60 Minutes" premiers
1968 NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
1969 The trial of the "Chicago 8" begins
1972 An antique F-86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show and kills 22 people
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. She's released after 22 months by President Carter
1979 The CompuServe system is started
1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at age 26
1982 US, Italian, and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1984 Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights"
1988 Barbara C. Harris is elected the first woman Episcopal bishop
1990 South African president F.W. de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington, DC
1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
1991 "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premier on ABC TV
1991 Doogie Howser loses his virginity
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