US first successfully test-fired a Titan ICBM, 1959
Monopoly invented, 1935
Cuba cut water supply to Guantanemo Naval Base, 1964
King George VI died, 1952
Salyut 7 (USSR) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, 1991
Barbara Tuchman died, 1989
No-smoking rules took effect in federal buildings, 1987
Danny Thomas, actor, died, 1991
20th Amendment to the US Constitution took effect, 1933
Grenada declared independent, 1974
Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief, 1865
“The Big Sleep” published, 1939
Treaty of Waitangi (Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand), 1840
Blizzard of ’78 (New England), 1978
Joseph Priestly, English chemist and discoverer of Oxygen, died, 1804
Arthur Ashe, tennis player, died, 1993
US signed a military treaty with France (next one with NATO - 1949), 1778
James II became English Sovereign, 1685
Charter to build first railroad granted (John Stevens, Hoboken, NJ), 1816
Apollo 14 (US) left lunar surface, 1971
General Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander of Allied forces in North Africa, 1943
Massachusetts became the 6th US state, 1788
4th magnitude nova in constellation Hercules discovered (Elis Dahlgren, Sweden), 1963
Elizabeth II became English Sovereign, 1952
Britain and France announced they would build a railroad tunnel under the English Channel, 1964
“The Brasher Doubloon” is released, 1947