1941 - Yanks 1810 - Columbia gains independence
1871 - British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province.
1878 - 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii
1944 - US invaded Japanese-occupied Guam in WWII
1949 - Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
1956 - Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike outs
1960 - USSR recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space.
1960 - 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington)
1969 - 1st men on the Moon Neil Armstrong & Edwin Aldrin Apollo 11
1970 - 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
1976 - US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia 1st Martian landing.
1977 - Voyager 2 launched.
1984 - Uwe Hohn of E Germany throws javelin a record 104.80 m.
1987 - Don Mattingly ties major league fielding record with 22 put outs
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