1792-Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
1858-Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1887 -Oregon becomes first U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday
1911-Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse elegique)
1934-Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard
1953-"Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
1963-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968-150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1972-Richard Nixon becomes first U.S. President to visit China
1974-Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London
1974-Israeli forces leave western Suez
1975-John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album is released
1979-2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period
1981-Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981-NASA launches Comstar D-4
1983-Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1986-AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1989-U.S. bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value)
1991-USSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable
1992-Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1993-Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters)
1996-Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
1997-"Empire Strikes Back, special edition" premieres
1858-Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1887 -Oregon becomes first U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday
1911-Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse elegique)
1934-Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard
1953-"Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
1963-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968-150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1972-Richard Nixon becomes first U.S. President to visit China
1974-Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London
1974-Israeli forces leave western Suez
1975-John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album is released
1979-2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period
1981-Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981-NASA launches Comstar D-4
1983-Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1986-AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1989-U.S. bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value)
1991-USSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable
1992-Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1993-Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters)
1996-Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
1997-"Empire Strikes Back, special edition" premieres
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