US Federal income tax declared unconstitutional, 1894
Soyuz 15 (USSR) launched, 1974
Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain, -55
Soyuz 31 (USSR) launched, 1978
International Hockey Hall of Fame opened (Toronto), 1961
Krakatoa erupted (36,000 died), 1883
Jimi Hendrix gave his last performance (Isle of Wight), 1970
Charles Boyer, French actor, died, 1978
Pope John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 263th Pope, elected, 1978
Franz Werfel, Austrian author, died, 1945
William James, American psychologist and philosopher, died, 1910
Namibia came under direct UN responsibility, 1966
The Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an ICBM, 1957
Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the ACLU, died, 1981
First major league baseball game televised (W2XBS - Ebbets Field), 1939
Linotype machine patented (Ottmar Mergenthaler), 1884