1794-Honolulu Harbor discovered
1818-Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1824-First Jewish Reform congregation established, Charleston, SC
1871-Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877-Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention
1933-First U.S. ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1934-Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals
1980-John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1981-Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1990-Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris