1896-G. Harpo & F. Samuelson leave N.Y. to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)
1905-Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)
1929-Vatican City becomes a soverign state
1930-NY Times agrees to capitalize the "n" in "Negro"
1955-First President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)
1967-Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem
1968-Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination
1972-German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
1981-Israel destroys alleged Iraqi plutonium production facility
1982-President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth
1989-23-year old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
1990-Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains