Gasoline Alley started (Chicago Tribune), 1919
First man-powered flight, 1977
Beshir Gemayel elected president of Lebanon, 1982
Intelsat-4 F-7 (US) launched, 1973
Alexander Godunov, Soviet dancer, defected to US, 1979
Japan declared war on Germany, 1914
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti electrocuted, 1927
Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, died, 1819
Nazi Germany and Russia signed a non-aggression pact, 1939
Mexico declared an independent nation, 1821
First image of Earth from vicinity of Moon (Lunar Orbiter 7), 1966
Digital Equipment Corporation founded, 1957
First graduation at a women’s college (Mount Holyoke Seminary - Massachusetts), 1838
Pete Rose banned from baseball for life, 1989
Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina D’Antonguolla (a.k.a. Rudolph Valentino), silent movie idol, died, 1926
First steamer service on the Great Lakes, 1818