1869-Waffle iron invented
1891-Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1909-Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal
1949-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
1954-International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
1961-Former Nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1966-USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon
1968-France became world's 5th thermonuclear power
1976-Soyuz 21 returns to Earth
1981-Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder
1984-Pat Bradley set the LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver
1989-Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
1989-Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
1990-Iraqi troops surround U.S. & other embassies in Kuwait City
1991-Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party
1991-Ukraine declares independence from the USSR
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