This Day In History

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1. 1998 Secessionist rebels and the Papua New Guinea government sign a permanent ceasefire, ending a nine-year rebellion on the South Pacific island of Bougainville.
2. 1991 Cyclone kills 125,000 in Bangladesh
3. 1989 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
4. 1989 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
5. 1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
6. 1987 NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
7. 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
8. 1982 Fort McMurray Alberta, Alberta Alsands oil project collapses despite offers of aid from Ottawa and Alberta.
9. 1981 John Lauchlan & James Blench; both natives of Seebe, Alberta, reach summit of 7,454.5m Mt. Gangapurna in the Himalayas by a new south face route.
10. 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
11. 1980 Queen Beatrix of Netherlands ascends to the throne
12. 1977 Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo hold first weekly march to demand return of their disappeared children.
13. 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
14. 1975 US civilian forces evacuate from Vietnam; Saigon surrenders
15. 1974 Agnes (Robertson) Moorehead Emmy Award-winning actresswas died
16. 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
17. 1970 Vancouver BC, the first computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta.
18. 1970 US troops invade Cambodia
19. 1970 The first CP coal unit train, comprising 88 cars and carrying more than 9,000 tons of coking coal destined to Japan, arrives at Roberts Bank superport after a 700-mile run from Sparwood, B.C.
20. 1969 Sir Paul Hasluck appointed Australian Governor-General.
21. 1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs
22. 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m
23. 1961 The first Airline shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)
24. 1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
25. 1945 Munich is captured by Patch's 7th Army unit.
26. 1945 Germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich.
27. 1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio
28. 1942 The first submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
29. 1942 The Toronto Stock Exchange Index hits wartime low of 84.8 on news of German victories.
30. 1939 The World's Fair, at a cost of $150 million, opens in New York amid a blaze of fireworks. England's king and queen arrive for the opening. Regular television broadcasting begins from the Fair.
31. 1939 NBC/RCA first public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair
32. 1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1355 Magoeba & #1368 Numidia
33. 1933 (Birthday) Willie Nelson - singer1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
34. 1932 RCMP absorbs provincial police force of New Brunswick due to near bankruptcy of the province.
35. 1919 World War I peace conference grants German concession in Shantung, China, to Japan, whereupon China leaves the conference.
36. 1913 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis
37. 1889 George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
38. 1889 First US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
39. 1864 New York becomes first state to charge a hunting license fee
40. 1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W.R. Scurry is killed
41. 1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
42. 1857 San Jose State University forms
43. 1798 Congress establishes Department of the Navy
44. 1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI
45. 1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed