959 - Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England
1788 - Nguyen Hue declares himself emperor of Vietnam.
1795 - Belgium is conquered by France.
1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
1885 - United States begins special-delivery mail service.
1890 - The Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
1910 - Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.
1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence (a/k/a "Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus.
1940 - The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1949 - The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
1964 - Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
1969 - The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1975 - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1989 - Denmark: World's first legal modern same-sex civil union called "registered partnership"
2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali.
source: Wikipedia
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