1790-Austrian army occupies Brussels
1802-English sell Suriname to Dutch
1804-Napoleon Bonaparte crowned 1st emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
1816-1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1823-President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840-Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita" premieres in Paris
1840-William H Harrison elected President of US, John Tyler Vice-President
1887-Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (New York NY)
1908-Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1927-1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1939-New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
1944-General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1956-Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957-1st US full-scale atomic electric power plant-power generated, Shippingport PA
1961-Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1968-President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1971-Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form the United Arab Emirates
1971-Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1978-Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1982-1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart
1988-5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1990-1st parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany
1993-Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1802-English sell Suriname to Dutch
1804-Napoleon Bonaparte crowned 1st emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
1816-1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1823-President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840-Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita" premieres in Paris
1840-William H Harrison elected President of US, John Tyler Vice-President
1887-Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (New York NY)
1908-Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1927-1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1939-New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight
1944-General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1956-Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957-1st US full-scale atomic electric power plant-power generated, Shippingport PA
1961-Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1968-President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1971-Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form the United Arab Emirates
1971-Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1978-Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1982-1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart
1988-5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1990-1st parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany
1993-Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
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