1930-First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
1944-Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz
1944-During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
194-Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1954-Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
1956-Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1963-CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1978-John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston
1978-Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1987-Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
1987-West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on
trial in Russia
1988-Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley
1989-Rev. Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst
1991-Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45 Million