1822 ― Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day)
1860 ― Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1880 ― Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1934 ― Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1936 ― Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1940 ― German Air Force blitz London for first of 57 consecutive nights
1948 ― First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1963 ― First U.S. TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1976 ― U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1979 ― A five-day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
1981― Judge Wapner and the People's Court premier on TV
1988 ― NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
1988 ― Security and Exchange Comm. accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1991 ― Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
1860 ― Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1880 ― Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1934 ― Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off NJ, killing 134
1936 ― Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1940 ― German Air Force blitz London for first of 57 consecutive nights
1948 ― First use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1963 ― First U.S. TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC)
1976 ― U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1979 ― A five-day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, NY
1981― Judge Wapner and the People's Court premier on TV
1988 ― NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
1988 ― Security and Exchange Comm. accuses Drexel of violating security laws
1991 ― Harry Hamlin weds Nicollette Sheridan
