The Republican Party was formally established, 1854
USSR was formed, 1923
Republic of Comoros declared its independence, 1975
Malawi became a republic, 1966
First airship crossing of the Atlantic ocean completed, 1919
Soyuz 21 (USSR) launched, 1976
Sir Thomas More, English statesman and writer, beheaded, 1535
Jefferson Airplane formed, 1965
First black US State’s Attorney (Cecil Francis Poole), 1961
First All-Star baseball game, 1933
John Hus, Bohemian religious leader, burned at the stake, 1415
Lawrence of Arabia captured Aqaba, 1917
First successful antirabies innoculation (Louis Pasteur), 1885
Elvis Presley made his first record, 1954
Olive Ann Beech, co-founder of Beech Aircraft Corporation, died, 1993
Louis Armstrong, jazz musician, died, 1971
US monetary system ($10, $1, $.10, $.01 coins) proposed (Jefferson), 1785
Malawi gained independence from Britain, 1964
Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford, Connecticut (168 killed), 1944
William Faulkner, American novelist, died, 1962
First all-talking movie premiere (“The Light of New York”, New York), 1928
Jagjivan Ram, Indian political leader, died, 1986
Captain William Kidd, New York businessman turned pirate, siezed in Boston, 1699
“Principia,” by Isaac Newton, published, 1687
US Declaration of Independence announced on front page of the “Pennsylvania Evening Gazette”, 1776
John Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice, died, 1835