1788-New York City becomes capital of the United States
1906-First airplane flight in Europe
1943-Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1970-IBM announces System 370 computer
1971-Nine hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
1977-First TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
1979-South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr)
1981-33rd Emmy Awards (Hill Street Blues big winner)
1982-50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
1983-US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1987-Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1990-Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait