1690-1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)
1919-League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919-Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
1942-1st Japanese air raid on Java
1966-1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1972-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979-"YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1984-1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA
1987-San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989-Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1993-Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in
Los Angeles CA
1994-President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1997-Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca, N.Y.
1998-Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain