On this day...
1521-Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs
1876-Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. & Hawaii ratified
1907-First taxicab (NYC)
1923-Mustapha Kemal elected president of Turkey
1928-Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
1945- A total of 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia
1946-Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus
1960-Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France
1963-Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382
1977-First test glide of the shuttle
1989-U.S. space shuttle STS-28 lands