1620-French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1672-Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1751-France sets plan to tax clergymen
1776-Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1852-First Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco
1867-1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightener)
1888-Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
1893-The opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)
1919-Alice H. Parker patents gas heating furnace
1930-Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York NY
1941-Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma
1942-Allies air attack on Den Helder
1943-General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1962-Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion
1964-India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1968-North Korea releases Pueblo crew
1970-New York World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1970-USSR performs nuclear test
1983-Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1990-Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
1997-Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
1997-US Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
1997-Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
1672-Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1751-France sets plan to tax clergymen
1776-Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1852-First Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco
1867-1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightener)
1888-Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
1893-The opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)
1919-Alice H. Parker patents gas heating furnace
1930-Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York NY
1941-Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma
1942-Allies air attack on Den Helder
1943-General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1962-Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion
1964-India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1968-North Korea releases Pueblo crew
1970-New York World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1970-USSR performs nuclear test
1983-Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1990-Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
1997-Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
1997-US Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
1997-Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
