1834-Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
1861-Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1878-Paul Hines makes baseball's 1st unassisted triple play
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1895-China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1921-Sweden abolished capital punishment
1926-First flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1944-First eye bank opens (NYC)
1945-V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe
1950-Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons
1960-USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1963-JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
1984-USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics
1988-François Mitterrand elected President of France
1989-US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1994-President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people