1668 ― Isaac Newton receives M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge
1846 ― U.S. annexes California
1891 ― Traveler's cheque patented
1898 ― U.S. annexes Hawaii
1923 ― University of Delaware invents the Junior Year Abroad Program (at Sorbonne)
1937 ― Second Sino-Japanese War ignites
1941 ― U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1956 ― Seven Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of Calif., Colombia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings
1969 ― Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English languages
1976 ― Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1978 ― Solomon Islands gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1980 ― AZ Judge Sandra Day O'Connor first female nominated to U.S. Supreme Court