1693 — First woman’s magazine "The Ladies’ Mercury" published (London)
1743 — English defeat French at Dettingen
1806 — Buenos Aires captured by British
1833 — Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females
1847 — New York and Boston linked by telegraph wires
1867 — Bank of California opens doors
1914 — U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia
1917 — First baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WWI military service
1934 — Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1939 — First night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0)
1939 — Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings
1940 — USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar
1944 — Cherbourg, France captured by Allies
1950 — President Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict