1782 — Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence
1866 — Work begins on first U.S. underwater highway tunnel (Chicago)
1924 — First photo facsimile transmitted across the Atlantic by radio
1939 — USSR invades Finland over a border dispute
1948 — Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
1949 — Chinese Communists captured in Chongqing
1954 — First meteorite ( 3.6 kb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama)
1966 — Barbados gains independence from Britain
1967 — People's Republic of South Yemen gains independence from Britain
1975 — Dahomey becomes Benin
1988 — The U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
1990 — Bush proposes U.S.-Iraq meeting to avoid war
1866 — Work begins on first U.S. underwater highway tunnel (Chicago)
1924 — First photo facsimile transmitted across the Atlantic by radio
1939 — USSR invades Finland over a border dispute
1948 — Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin
1949 — Chinese Communists captured in Chongqing
1954 — First meteorite ( 3.6 kb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges in Sylacauga, Alabama)
1966 — Barbados gains independence from Britain
1967 — People's Republic of South Yemen gains independence from Britain
1975 — Dahomey becomes Benin
1988 — The U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
1990 — Bush proposes U.S.-Iraq meeting to avoid war
