1630 The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston
1662 A solar eclipse becomes the first known astronomical observation
1782 The Great Seal of the US is used for the first time
1795 The British capture Capetown
1810 Hidalgo begins Mexican revolt against Spain
1812 The Fire of Moscow
1857 The Typesetting machine is patented
1858 The first overland mail for California
1862 General Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 Federals at Munfordville, KY
1893 The Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma is opened to white settlement homesteaders
1908 General Motors is founded by William C. Durant
1915 The US takes control of customs and finances for Haiti
1919 The American Legion is incorporated by an act of Congress
1938 George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
1945 The barometric pressure hits 856 millibars off of Okinawa, a new record low
1947 John Cobb sets a new world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1951 Betsy Rawls wins the US Women's Open Golf title
1955 US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories
1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at the age of 98
1963 "Outer Limits" premiers on TV
1963 Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br. N. Borneo and Sarawak
1964 "Shindig" premiers
1966 The Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln Center
1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
1971 Six Klansmen are arrested in connection with the bombing of 10 school buses
1972 The first TV series about mixed marriage airs: Bridgit Loves Bernie
1972 Penny Marshall appears on the Bob Newhart Show in "Fly The Unfriendly Skies"
1973 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards and 2 TDs
1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia
1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop
1977 The pilot of "Logan's Run" premiers on TV
1977 Ringo Starr releases "Drowning in the Sea of Love"
1978 25,000 people die in a 7.7 earthquake in Iran
1979 "Catfish Hunter" Day at Yankee Stadium
1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins
1983 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
1984 The TV series "Miami Vice" premiers
1987 NY's WNET-TV channel 13 begins 24-hour a day broadcasting
1988 A Jury awards actress Valerie Harper $1.6 Million in dispute over a TV series
1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, NY
1990 Actor Dennis Quaid and actress Meg Ryan wed
1990 Emmy Awards
1990 Iraq televises an eight minute long, uncensored speech from President George Bush
1990 Pirate Radio New York International begins transmissions on WWCR
1991 US trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins
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