FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2020

1846-Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance

1862-Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president

1917-China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I

1941-Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill

1945-V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II

1947- India granted independence within British Commonwealth

1947-Pakistan gains independence from Britain

1962-French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel

1962-NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m

1966 ―First U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon

1970-City University of NY inaugurates open admissions

1971-Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule

1971-British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland

1973-U.S. bombs Cambodia

1974-Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold

1979-Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hour duration