1349-Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1776-George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1823-Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1846-Elias Howe patents the sewing machine
1869-Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1910-Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1939-Canada declares war on Germany
1945-Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
1955-"Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV
1963-20 black students enter public schools in Alabama
1967-Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
1974-Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
1976-Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1989-East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary & Czech)
1990-Nineteen-year-old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the U.S. Open
1776-George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1823-Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1846-Elias Howe patents the sewing machine
1869-Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1910-Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1939-Canada declares war on Germany
1945-Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
1955-"Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV
1963-20 black students enter public schools in Alabama
1967-Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
1974-Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
1976-Two airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1989-East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary & Czech)
1990-Nineteen-year-old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the U.S. Open