1291-Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Nat'l Day)
1903-First coast-to-coast automobile trip (San Francisco-New York) completed
1914-Germany declares war on Russia in WWI
1916 Hawaii National Park established
1936-Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games
1943-Race riot in Harlem, N.Y.
1950-Territory of Guam created
1957-Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
1960-Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1964-Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966-Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
1972-First article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
1975-Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations
1976-Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)
1990-Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
1903-First coast-to-coast automobile trip (San Francisco-New York) completed
1914-Germany declares war on Russia in WWI
1916 Hawaii National Park established
1936-Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games
1943-Race riot in Harlem, N.Y.
1950-Territory of Guam created
1957-Glen Gorbous throws a baseball a record 136 m (445'10")
1960-Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
1964-Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966-Charles Whitman climbs U of Texas tower & shoots 12 dead
1972-First article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
1975-Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations
1976-Liz Taylor's 6th divorce (re-divorces Richard Burton)
1990-Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
