1918-Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68 (Ivanhoe Illinois)
1930-Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1940-France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed
1941-Germany declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1944 FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
1969-Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
1978-Pluto's moon Charon discovered by James Christy
1981-Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1982-Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
1982-Prince Charles & Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital
1983-First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
1990-Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
1990-Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1991-Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Phillipines