1780 — Britain declares war on Holland
1789 — New Jersey becomes first state to ratify Bill of Rights
1866 — First national convention of Grand Army of the Republic (veterans' organization)
1910 — Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1914 — U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
1917 — Ukrainian Republic declared
1945 — 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany
1947 — Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
1959 — U.N. adopts the declaration of children's rights
1969 — Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal
1980 — Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1986 — U.N.'s WHO announces first global effort to combat AIDS
1990 — Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership