1621-Galileo perfects the telescope
1946-U.S. government asks UN to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1961-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964-Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
1970-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971-Miss Teenage America Pageant
1971-President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1979-Iran accepts constitution
1983-"Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
1989-George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta
1991-Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen
1991-White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1992-U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia
1995-"Company" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
1995-"Holiday" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC for 49 performances
1995-Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864