1765-First U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia; founded by John Morgan, the School of Medicine belonged to the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania).
1802-Washington D.C. incorporates as a city
1906-British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai Peninsula from Turkey
1942-Nazis require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
1946-International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
1947-Japan forms a constitutional democracy
1962-Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1963-Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech
1965 3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 2-1 in 10
1971-Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
1983-U.S. bishops condemn nuclear weapons
1986-Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
1988-4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs, Fla.
1997-Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue