7 --/-- Venus-Jupiter in conjunction .... Star of Bethlehem
1000 --/-- Hungary is established by Stephen I as a Christian kingdom
1741 --/-- Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
1781 --/-- George Washington beginS to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
1852 --/-- Steamer "Atlantic" collides with fishing boat and sinks with 250 on board.
1866 --/-- President Andrew Johnson declares end to Civil War
1882 --/-- Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture opens in Moscow
1900 --/-- Japan's primary school law is amended to provide 4 years of mandatory schooling
1914 --/-- German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians
1920 --/-- Preliminary meeting in Akron, to form American Professional Football League
1947 --/-- Boston Braves hit 1,000,000 attendance for the first time
1961 -//-- East Germany begins erecting five foot high wall along its western border
1964 --/-- LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling 1 billion dollars
1972 --/-- USSR performs underground nuclear test
1989 --/-- Janet Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle in 8:16:22
1994 --/-- 109.8F in Cordoba, Spain
1998 --/-- U.S. Embassy bombings. U.S. Military launches cruise missile bombings against al-Quida in Afghanistan
2002 --/-- Group of Iraqis opposed to Sadam Hussein take over Iraqi Embassy in Berlin for five hours before releasing hostages and surrendering.
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