1731-1st US music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
1794-French troops conquer Grave Netherlands
1809-Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
1817-1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1835-After gold discovery in Georgia, Cherokees are forced to move across Mississippi River
1906-Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy
1911-Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of Republic of China
1941-Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament
1949-India recognizes People's Republic of China
1950-Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
1958-French franc devalued
1959-The George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned
1973-1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)
1975-Tiger Woods, golfer, is born
1985-IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
1993-Vatican recognizes Israel