On this day...
1770-Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1894-Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday
1905-Russian sailors mutiny aboard the battleship "Potemkin"
1914-Assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, in Sarajevo by a Serbian Nationalist,Gavrilo Princip. This incident precipitated a war with Serbia, eventually starting WW1
1919-Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed
1940-Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
1950-North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea
1964-Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in NY by Malcolm X
1965-First U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres Johnson
1988-Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1990-17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards