Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, operatic composer, died, 1868
Liberty Party formed, 1839
Segregation on interstate buses ruled unconstitutional, 1956
First intercollegiate football, 1869
Mariner 9 (US) became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars, 1971
Karen Silkwood died in an auto crash, 1974
First underwater tunnel for vehicles opened (Holland Tunnel), 1927
Willys Motor Co. tested the first Jeep, 1940
First trans-Pacific balloon flight completed (Double Eagle V), 1981
Vietnam War memorial dedicated in Washington, DC, 1982
First black mayor of a US city elected (Carl Stokes, Cleveland), 1967
Alysheba, richest racehorse ever, retired to stud, 1988
Academy formed which eventually became University of Pennsylvania, 1749
“The Rainbow” by D.H. Lawrence judged obscene, 1915
First “sit-down” strike staged (Hormel Packing Co., Austin, Minnesota), 1933
Senate approved construction of the Alaska pipeline, 1973