1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy

1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)

1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery

1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston

1937 First US social security payment made The AARP should celebrate

1937 The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco USA opens

1941 Athens, Greece, captured by the German army

1960 France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age

1961 Sierra Leone, in Africa, becomes an independent republic

1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

1759 The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'

1791 The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code

1896 The birth of Louis Victor de Broglie, French physicist and philosopher

1932 The birth of Anouk Aimee, French actress

2005 The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse.

2007 Turkish Presidential Election first round, which was later declared invalid by a Turkish court.

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