Confederate forces in New Orleans surrendered, 1862
Anzac landing at Gallipoli, 1915
William Beaumont, pioneer US army surgeon, died, 1853
Ranger IV landed on the moon, 1962
Noboru Takeshita, Japanese prime minister, resigned, 1989
Portuguese revolution on Macau, 1974
Guillotine first used (on Nicolas Jacques Pelletier), 1792
Torquato Tasso, Italian poet, died, 1595
New World named “America” (Martin Waldseemueller), 1507
Ground was broken for the Suez Canal, 1859
William Cowper, English poet (“The Castaway”), died, 1800
Hubble Space Telescope (US) deployed, 1990
David Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, was found dead, 1984
First US abortion law signed (Colorado), 1967
46 countries gathered to organize the UN (in San Francisco), 1945
Saint Lawrence Seaway opened to traffic, 1959
The US formally declared war on Spain in the battle over Cuba, 1898
Penn guaranteed freedom in Pennsylvania, 1682
First US state to require automobile license plates (New York), 1901
Dexter Gordon, jazz saxophone giant, died, 1990