1914-Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia
1914-Serbia declares war against Germany
1926-Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY), Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1934-US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1944-Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins
1945-Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1946-US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1951-Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
1958-Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
1962-Jamaica gains independence from Britain
1965-Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1986-Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM
1990-U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1914-Serbia declares war against Germany
1926-Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY), Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1934-US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1944-Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins
1945-Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1946-US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court
1951-Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria
1958-Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles
1962-Jamaica gains independence from Britain
1965-Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights
1986-Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM
1990-U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq