Treaty of Portsmouth signed (ended Russo-Japanese War), 1905
Voyager 1 (US) launched, 1977
Kennedy ordered resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
Soviet Union restructured, 1991
Rudolf Virchow, German “founder of cellular pathology,” died, 1902
First Battle of the Marne began, 1914
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to shoot US president Ford, 1975
UFO sighting, Dresser, Wisconsin, 1979
Rapid aerial photography made (finished and dropped in 27 minutes), 1925
First Labor Day parade (New York), 1882
Treaty with the Dey of Algiers (US to pay tribute to the Barbary Pirates), 1795
Michigan’s Great Fire (125 killed), 1881
11 Israeli athletes and 6 others killed by Palestinian terrorists (Munich), 1972
First Continental Congress convened (Philadelphia), 1774
Saint Gotthard Auto Tunnel (Switzerland), longest underground motorway in the world (ten miles), opened, 1980
US space shuttle Discovery ended its inaugural flight, 1984
Janet Gaynor, winner of the first best actress Oscar, involved in a car crash which would later prove fatal, 1982
Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas, 1836