1439-Kissing is banned in England
1769-Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif
1894-Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England
1926-National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
1935-1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok
1945-1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
1980-Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit
1988-Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts
1990-400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in the Philippines
1990 -NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities