1716-First lion exhibited in America (Boston)
1789-First U.S. national thanksgiving celebrated
1865-Alice in Wonderland published
1868-First baseball game played in enclosed field in San Francisco, at 25th & Folsom
1924-Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed
1940-Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
1941-Lebanon gains independence from France
1949-India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1950-China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1966-First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
1990-Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
1991-Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
1789-First U.S. national thanksgiving celebrated
1865-Alice in Wonderland published
1868-First baseball game played in enclosed field in San Francisco, at 25th & Folsom
1924-Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed
1940-Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
1941-Lebanon gains independence from France
1949-India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1950-China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1966-First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
1990-Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
1991-Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
