1869-Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1913-Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1927-France wins its 1st Davis Cup
1953-Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
1967-Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
1973-Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1974-Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
1976-2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1984-Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
1990-19-year-old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open
1990-George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
1990-Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990-Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1913-Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1927-France wins its 1st Davis Cup
1953-Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
1967-Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British
1973-Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1974-Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
1976-2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1984-Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
1990-19-year-old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open
1990-George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
1990-Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990-Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
