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On this day... 1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1630 City of Boston forms 1776 Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort 1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii 1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War 1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada 1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight 1911 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min 1920 National Football League organized in Canton Ohio 1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco 1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning 1934 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th) 1937 1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense 1949 Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada) 1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 1952 "I am an American Day" & "Constituion Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins 1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1954 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 1956 Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school 1956 Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of the year 1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren & producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit 1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea 1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) 1962 US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts 1963 "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV 1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 1964 "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV 1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 1964 Supremes release "Baby Love" 1967 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV 1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH) 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13 1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the Moon 1972 "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV 1972 BART begins passenger service in SF 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup 1975 Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) 1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif 1976 Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album 1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more 1978 Begin, Sadat & Carter sign the Camp David accord 1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept, 1978 7-3 1980 Solidarity labor union in Poland forms 1982 NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating the Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1983 Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st black Miss America 1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner 1984 Met's Dwight Goodin becomes 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 cons games 1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1986 Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) 1986 US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1987 Phila celebrates 200th anniversary of the Constitution 1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL 1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 1989 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to the US (from New Zealand) 1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing 1990 Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties 1991 4,355 turn out to see the Expos play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium 1991 North & South Korea joins the UN
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