1804 ― Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
1830 ― Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower
1910 ― Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
1927 ― Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood CA
1948 ― Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
1950 ― Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
1951 ― U.N. moves HQ to NYC
1978 ― Italy legalizes abortion
1982 ― Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
1985 ― "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1991 ― France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1993 ― Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1997― Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic