1278 — 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1796 — Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1800 — Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C.
1869 — Suez Canal opens (Egypt)
1889 — Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
1913 — First U.S. dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, Ct
1913 — Panama Canal opens
1938 — Italy passes their own version of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1948 — Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1959 — De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1962 — President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington D.C.
1967 — Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
1977 — Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1993 — U.S. Congress votes for NAFTA