378 ― Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
1638 ― Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx
1673 ― Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
1829 ― “Stourbridge Lion” locomotive goes into service
1842 ― U.S.-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1942 ― British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K Gandhi
1945 ― U.S. drops second atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Japan, destroys part of Nagasaki
1956 ― South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1965 ― Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day)
1969 ― Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1990 ― Twelve Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
1992 ― 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain