1619 ― House of Burgesses Virginia formed as first elective US governing body
1839 ― Slave rebels take over slaver Amistad
1870 ― Staten Island ferry “Westfield” burns, killing 100
1909 ― US Army accepts delivery of first military airplane
1913 ― Conclusion of the second Balkan War
1928 ― George Eastman demonstrates first color movie
1942 ― German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1956 ― US motto “In God We Trust” authorized
1966 ― Beatles' “Yesterday... & Today,” album goes No. 1 & stays there for five weeks
1971 ― Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
1974 ― House of Reps recommends three articles of impeachment of Nixon
1991 ― MTV announces it will split into three channels in 1993