1687 ― Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians
1777 ― British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
1835 ― The opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" is produced (Naples)
1907 ― New Zealand becomes a dominion
1918 ― Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during World War I
1925 ― Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
1934 ― British liner Queen Mary is launched
1950 ― U.N. troops in the Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul
1954 ― Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600
1955 ― New York Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1957 ― Musical "West Side Story" opens on Broadway
1960 ― Longest speech in U.N. history (4 hours, 29 minutes, by Fidel Castro)
1962 ― Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
1969 ― Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1972 ― American Museum of Immigration dedicated
1973 ― Concorde flies from Washington, D.C., to Paris in 3 hours and 33 minutes
1980 ― Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1984 ― Britain and China initial an agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 ― President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1988 ― New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1988 ― Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new prime minister
1988 ― US space shuttle STS-26 launched
1991 ― Two-year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, begins
1777 ― British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
1835 ― The opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" is produced (Naples)
1907 ― New Zealand becomes a dominion
1918 ― Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during World War I
1925 ― Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead
1934 ― British liner Queen Mary is launched
1950 ― U.N. troops in the Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul
1954 ― Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600
1955 ― New York Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1957 ― Musical "West Side Story" opens on Broadway
1960 ― Longest speech in U.N. history (4 hours, 29 minutes, by Fidel Castro)
1962 ― Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
1969 ― Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1972 ― American Museum of Immigration dedicated
1973 ― Concorde flies from Washington, D.C., to Paris in 3 hours and 33 minutes
1980 ― Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
1984 ― Britain and China initial an agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 ― President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1988 ― New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark
1988 ― Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new prime minister
1988 ― US space shuttle STS-26 launched
1991 ― Two-year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona, begins
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