On this day...
1810-Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1946-Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
1949-Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1950-Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1961-JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1962-U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
1969-Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1983-"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983-First National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1983-Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 France performs nuclear test
1989-Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
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
1810-Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1946-Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
1949-Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1950-Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1961-JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1962-U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
1969-Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1983-"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983-First National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1983-Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 France performs nuclear test
1989-Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
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
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