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| 1661 | - | Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen |
| 1662 | - | Royal charter granted Conn |
| 1715 | - | "Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon \""Baily\s Beads\""" |
| 1765 | - | 1st US Medical school opened |
| 1797 | - | Jamaica discovered by Columbus |
| 1830 | - | 1st regular steam train passenger service starts |
| 1898 | - | Camp Merriman established at Presidio |
| 1906 | - | British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey |
| 1919 | - | America\s 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City) |
| 1922 | - | Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium |
| 1923 | - | 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed |
| 1926 | - | US marines land in Nicaragua - stay until 1933 |
| 1951 | - | Gil McDougald ties record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning |
| 1952 | - | 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole |
| 1965 | - | 3rd Mayor\s Trophy Game - Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10 |
| 1971 | - | Natl non-coml Network Radio Begins Programming |
| 1971 | - | Nixon administration arrests 13 -000 anti-war protesters in 3 days |
| 1983 | - | Bruins 3-Isles 8 - Wales Conf Championship- Isles hold 3-1 lead |
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