0490 -BC- Athenians defeat 2nd Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon
1609 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson River
1649 Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; inhabitants massacred
1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
1758 Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula and begins catalog
1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
1857 423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC
1890 Salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia
1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup
1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine
1918 During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel
1918 Sgt. Henry John Laurent, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Gouzeacourt Wood France
1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1928 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess"
1934 Baltic Pact signed by Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
1938 Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech
1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1941 First German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)
1953 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy
1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party
1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon
1959 The Television show "Bonanza" premiers
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
1964 First football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
