1809-Battle at Eckmühl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl
1817-Curaçao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight
1915-First military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI
1933-Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address
1945 Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated
1964-World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
1967-Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
1969-First human eye transplant performed
1981-10,000 copper workers in Chile strike
1987-Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed
1992-6.0 earthquake in California
1992-Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara, MExico
1994-7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda
1994-In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds is made