1774 The first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA.

1781 Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis

1795 US-Algiers sign peace treaty

1862 Lee crosses the Potomac &enters Maryland

1877 Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas

1882 10,000 workers participate in the first US Labor Day parade, held in New York City.

1885 The first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)

1900 France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

1901 The first US professional baseball league is established, in Chicago, IL.

1905 Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War

1914 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins

1914 HMS Pathfinder, a British Light cruiser torpedoed and sunk out from the Firth of Forth by German submarine U21.

1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue &Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously

1925 112ø F (44ø C), Centerville, Alabama (state record)

1939 The US proclaims its neutrality in WWII a position that would last until 12/7/1941.

1940 All 355 Jewish-owned businesses in Luxembourg become "Aryan" property.

1944 Allies liberate Brussels

1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game

1953 The first privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC

1956 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM

1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the US

1958 The first color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC

1960 Cassius Clay captures the olympic light heavyweight gold medal

1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan

1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)

1972 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium

1972 The Olympic Games in Munich, Germany are marred by tragedy when PLO terrorists hold the Israeli delegation hostage; 11 Israelis are killed during the ordeal.

1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme makes an attempt on the life of US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, CA.

1975 Wings release "Letting Go"

1977 Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn

1978 Sadat, Begin &Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md

1979 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Bruma

1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens

1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph

1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB

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