539 -BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia
1682-William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1923-Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)
1942-16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
1945-First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented
1956-IDF crosses Egyptian territory in the Sinai
1956-International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco
1956-Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1957-A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1960-Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1966-National Organization of Women founded
1982-Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine"
1988 -2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics
1990-30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria