1815-Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blucher
1892-Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1940-Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1948-U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights
1953-Egypt proclaimed a republic, Gen. Neguib becomes president
1968-Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
1973-NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
1977-Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1984-Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
1986-52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
1990-First ever lose for Cameroon in the World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
1991-SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated