On this day...
1346-Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand
1863-First U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper, Boston Morning Journal
1907-Three-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee de Forest
1907-Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them
1934-Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1943-Japanese driven off Guadalcanal
1943-First transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught
1944-Vught Concentration Camp puts 74 women in 1 cell, 10 die
1945-Red Army frees Crakow-Plaszow concentration camp
1949-Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin
1969-Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1971-Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1974-"Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
1975-Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence
1978-Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy & Margaret Bowman
1988-Arab uprising in Israel begins
1988-Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
1989-Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
1991-U.N.'s deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes - (they don't)
1993-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Japan, 2 die
1993-Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
1993-Top mafia leader Salvatore "Totò" Riina arrested in Palermo
1994-Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist
1997-Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin