1812-U.S. forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)
1912-First foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC
1914-Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
1948-First jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1960-USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962-Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1966-Race riot in Chicago
1966-US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver
bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints
1977-First free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1978-Sun Bank Building opens
1982-FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1984-Geraldine Ferraro, NY became 1st woman major-party VP candidate
1985-Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
1988-USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1912-First foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC
1914-Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
1948-First jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1960-USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962-Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1966-Race riot in Chicago
1966-US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver
bullion price at Philadelphia & Denver mints
1977-First free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1978-Sun Bank Building opens
1982-FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1984-Geraldine Ferraro, NY became 1st woman major-party VP candidate
1985-Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
1988-USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
