Verdicts of the Nuremberg trials were announced, 1946
Berlin Airlift ended, 1949
James Dean, actor (“Rebel Without a Cause”), died, 1955
“Cheers” premiered, 1982
Exports from the US equaled imports for the first time, 1811
USS Nautilus commissioned, 1954
Bechuanaland became the independent Republic of Botswana, 1966
First televised World Series, 1947
Charles Francis Richter, developer of the Richter scale, died, 1985
“The Flintstones” debuted, 1960
First criminal to be executed in American colonies (John Billington), 1630
Orion Nebula first photographed, 1880
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, died, 1948
Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist, died, 1978
Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season (breaking his own record), 1927
Henry IV became English Sovereign, 1399
First circumnavigation of globe by a US ship began (Captain Robert Gray), 1787
First mention of tennis in America, 1659
Roberto Clemente got the final hit of his baseball career (number 3,000), 1972
First Apollo Domain prototypes began running, 1980
Dizzy Dean won his 30th game of the season (the last NL pitcher to win 30), 1934
Germany and Russia agreed to partition Poland, 1939
First tooth extracted under anesthesia - ether (Charleston, Massachusetts), 1846
First annual fair in America (Fort Amsterdam), 1641