1687 The Parthenon is destroyed in a war between the Turks and Venetians
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
1789 Jefferson is appointed the first Secretary of State; John Jay the first Chief Justice; Samuel Osgood first Postmaster and Edmund J. Randolph the first Attorney General
1820 Daniel Boone dies in Missouri at age 85
1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (the Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives
1890 US stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3¢ piece
1892 The first public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band
1907 New Zealand becomes a dominion
1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out the Dodgers in a doubleheader
1914 The Federal Trade Commission is formed to regulate interstate commerce
1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I
1925 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" is lost off of Sicily: 54 people die
1934 The British liner Queen Mary is launched
1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series
1950 Because of a forest fire in British Columbia, a blue moon appears in England
1950 UN troops in Korean War recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul
1954 A typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600 people
1955 The NY Stock Exchange's worst price decline since 1929
1957 The musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1958 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
1960 The first of four TV debates: Nixon and Kennedy took place in Chicago
1960 The longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 minutes) made by Fidel Castro
1961 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, thereby tying Babe Ruth's record
1962 The TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS
1968 Hawaii Five-O debuts as an hourly program on CBS
1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1972 American Museum of Immigration is dedicated
1973 The Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3-hours and 33-minutes
1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
1978 Railroad clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of all US rail service
1979 The 1984 summer Olympic coverage is sold to ABC for $225 million
1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor, thus ending "freedom flotilla"
1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1983 Australia II wins the America's Cup yacht race and becomes the first non-US winner
1983 Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10
1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1986 Antonin Scalia becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1986 William Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1988 New York City's Rockefeller Center is declared a national landmark
1988 Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new Prime Minister
1988 US space shuttle STS-26 is launched
1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates the new NC-17 rating
1991 The two year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona begins
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