1888-USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1896-Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1906-Roosevelt becomes 1st US President to visit a foreign country (Panama)
1918-Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President
1922-BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1935-FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1940-During WW II, German planes destroyed most of Coventry, England
1959-Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1969-Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1973-Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt. Mark Phillips
1975-Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara
1977-Egypt President Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
1984-Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
1991-Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV