1835-Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile
1948-PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel
1961-Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
1965-Second Chinese atom bomb explodes
1968-RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1973-U.S. Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military
1974-Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed
1982-Guinea adopts constitution
1986-Reggie Jackson hit his 537th homerun passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
1991-42 die in a train collision is Japan
1995-Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader
1998-Last episode of "Seinfeld" on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds)