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

1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage

1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75

1966 "The Monkees,"premier on NBC

1966 Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight

1970 USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility

1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)

1980 Military coup in Turkey

1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane

1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident

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