On this day...
1815-Napoleon Bonaparte captured
1929-First airport hotel opens-Oakland Ca
1937-Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1965-U.S. scientists display close-up photos of Mars from Mariner IV
1971-President Nixon announces he would visit People's Republic of China
1973 Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
1975-Soyuz 19 & Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later
1982-Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1983-Eight killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1991-U.S. troops leave northern Iraq