1830-First National Black convention meets in Philadelphia
1850-Slave trade abolished in D.C., but slavery allowed to continue
1859-Patent granted on the electric range
1951-First North Pole jet crossing
1954-First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution
1958-Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC
1960-U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
1973-Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
1977-Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
1984-Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut
1985-Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
1990-Both Germanys ratify reunification
1990-Saddam Hussein demands U.S. networks broadcast his message