1719 - England/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact
1757 - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1854 - Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1859 - 1st steamboat sails, Red River
1892 - 1st successful auroral photograph made
1909 - Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1930 - Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
1941 - British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1942 - 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1956 - Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants
1957 - Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid-East
1972 - NASA announces development of space shuttle
1976 - Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1998 - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
1757 - Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens
1854 - Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die
1859 - 1st steamboat sails, Red River
1892 - 1st successful auroral photograph made
1909 - Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
1930 - Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
1941 - British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia
1942 - 55 German tanks reach North-Africa
1956 - Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants
1957 - Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid-East
1972 - NASA announces development of space shuttle
1976 - Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1998 - Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid
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