This Day in History

Untitled Document 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission
1984 Soap opera "Santa Barbara," premieres on NBC
1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif
1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit still not found
1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
1970 Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchenko
1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct
1969 Barbra Striesand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas
1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away
1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... & Today," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1960 The first AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)
1958 (Birthday) Kate Bush - singer1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera
1956 US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
1956 The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718
1946 The first rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1945 Japanese submarine, I-58, sinks USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in Philippine Sea; 316 out of 1199 crew survived.
1944 Naval Task Force lands Army troops near Cape Opmarai, New Guinea.
1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy)
1942 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)
1942 FDR signs act establishing WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). During World War II, over 80,000 officer a...
1941 Japanese aircraft bomb USS Tutuila (PR-4) at Chungking, China; First Navy ship damaged by Axis during World War II.
1941 HMS CACHALOT, sunk after a collision NW of Benghazi, eastern Libya - rammed by Italian torpedo boat 'Papa'.
1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona
1932 The Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles, CA. The Games would revisit Los Angeles -- and the same venues of the Los Angeles Co...
1932 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2253 Espinette
1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo
1928 George Eastman demonstrates first color movie
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila
1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley
1909 US Army accepts delivery of first military airplane
1909 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater
1863 Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot
1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1836 The first English newspaper published in Hawaii
1822 James Varick becomes first bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church
1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for first time
1729 City of Baltimore founded
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, the first elective US governing body

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