1628-Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony
1873-Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
1909-Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier
1941-All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
1941-Jews of Vilna Poland are confined to a ghetto
1966-"Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV
1968-Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1975=6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey
1978-Begin & Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace
1982-Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
1983-USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1986-USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
1988-Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard
1991-USSR recognizes independence of the three baltic republics