1759 ― British capture Quebec during French and Indian War
1769 ― Boston Gazette reports first U.S. piano (a spinet)
1793 ― Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building
1810 ― Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1851 ― NY Times starts publishing
1914 ―Germans defeat French at Battle of Aisne in WWI
1945 ― 1000 whites walk out of Gary Indiana schools to protest integration
1977 ― U.S. Voyager I takes first space photograph of Earth and moon together
1979 ― Steven Lachs, appointed California's first openly gay judge
1982 ― Christian militia begins massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
1990 ― A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at Times Square, NYC