1643 ― First recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1687 ― Isaac Newton's “Principia” published by Royal Society in England
1808 ― Battle of Buenos Aires
1811 ― Venezuela, first South American country to gain independence from Spain
1814 ― Americans defeat British & Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario
1935 ― First “Hawaii Calls” radio program is broadcast
1946 ― Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit debuts at Paris fashion show
1950 ― Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jewish people right to live in Israel
1962 ― Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1971 ― 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
1983 ― Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
1984 ― Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule" ― evidence seized
with defective court warrants to be used in criminal trials
1986 ― Nancy Reagan cuts red, white & blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty