64 ― Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
1716 ― Jewish people expelled from Brussels, Belgium
1853 ― First train to cross the U.S.-Canada boundary, Portland, Me.-Montreal, PQ
1853 ― Completion of Grand Trunk Line, America's first int'l railroad
1872 ― Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1918 ― U.S. & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WWI
1931 ― First air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1932 ― U.S. & Canada sign treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway
1947 ― U.S. receives U.N. trusteeship over Pacific Islands
1974 ― World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
1980 ― Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
1984 ― James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro, California
1986 ― Videotapes released showing Titanic's sunken remains