WEDNESDAY, JULY 06, 2022

1908-Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for the North Pole

1912-5th Olympic Games in Stockholm opens

1923-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed

1924-First photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S.-England

1928-First all-talking motion picture shown, in NY (Lights of NY)

1945-Nicaragua becomes first nation to accept UN Charter

1957-Harry S. Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri

1959-Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic

1965-Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms

1966-Malawi becomes a republic

1975-Comoros declares independence from France

1983-U.S. Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less

1987-First of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India

1990-"Jetsons the Movie" with Tiffany, premiers

1991-Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini to take Wimbledon championship