1971. Walt Disney World opens in Orlando.
1967. Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African American Supreme Court judge
1995. O.J. Simpson is aquitted of murder
1957. The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
1970. The U.S. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) began operations.
1927. The first "talkie" motion picture is released featuring Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer".
1975 US decides John Lennon won't be deported due to UK pot conviction
1871. Great Chicago Fire begins.
1888. The Washington Monument opens to the public.
1935. George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess premieres opens on Broadway.
1955. All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
1492. Columbus reaches the New World.
2010. Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground.
1947. Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.
1966. The Black Panther Party is created by Newton and Seale.
1859. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.
1931. Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion.
1767. The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon.
1983. The Senate passed a bill (78–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.
1973. The Sydney Opera House opens.
1805. Battle of Trafalgar.
1962. Cuban Missle Crisis.
1915. Women march in New York City for the right to vote.
1648. Thirty Years War ends.
1760. King George III of Britain was crowned.
1950 Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India
1904. New York City subway opens.
1886. Statue of Liberty dedicated.
1929. Stock market crashes.
1938. Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners.
1941. Mount Rushmore monument completed.