1791-John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat
1920-19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
1942-7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
1955-First color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1957-USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1964-LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, N.J.
1974-Soyuz 15 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1978-Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
1982-NASA launches Telesat-F
1984-Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1990-Two slain college students found in Gainesville,Fla.