1580 Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
1687 Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks & Venetians
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
1789 Jefferson appointed first Sec of State; John Jay first chief justice; Samuel Osgood first Postmaster & Edmund J Randolph first Attorney Genl
1890 US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3. piece
1892 First public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
1898 George Gershwin, composer born
1907 New Zealand becomes a dominion
1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I
1925 Country singer Marty Robbins born
1925 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched
1943 Operation Jaywick – an Australian SOA (Special Operations Australia) unit, operating from the fishing vessel Krait, mines Japanese ships in Singapore harbour The operation sinks 37,000 tons of enemy shipping
1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series
1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
1950 UN troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul
1954 Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600
1955 NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1956 Linda Hamilton, actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator) born
1957 Dag Hammarskjld re-elected secretary-general of the UN
1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1958 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup 0
1960 First of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1960 Longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro)
