1793-Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained
1934-Bela Bartok's "Enchanted Deer" premieres
1935-Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
1949-Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1959-Khrushchev visits Angola
1961-JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1963-Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1968-Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1973-George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
1977-"Brady Bunch Hour" last airs on ABC-TV
1981-Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1983-"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983-France performs nuclear test
1986-Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York
1991-Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1992-Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"
1992-Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy
1996-Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American
1934-Bela Bartok's "Enchanted Deer" premieres
1935-Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
1949-Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1959-Khrushchev visits Angola
1961-JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1963-Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1968-Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1973-George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
1977-"Brady Bunch Hour" last airs on ABC-TV
1981-Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1983-"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983-France performs nuclear test
1986-Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York
1991-Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1992-Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"
1992-Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy
1996-Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American