1716-1st lion to be exhibited in America (Boston)
1778-Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)
1789-1st natl celebration of Thanksgiving
1793-Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
1825-1st fraternity Kappa Alpha formed at Union College (Schenectady)
1832-1st horse drawn American street car -NYC- fare: 12›
1865-Alice in Wonderland published
1868-1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF at 25th & Folsom
1883-Sojourner Truth abolitionist women\s rights advocate dies
1885-1st Meteor photograph
1895-Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn formed
1940-Nazis force 4.5 mil Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
1949-India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1950-China enters Korean conflict
1962-1st recording session under the name Beatles
1965-France launches 1st satellite a 92-pound A1 capsule
1966-1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France
1973-Nixon\s personal sec Rose Mary Woods told a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape
1975-Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1980-Rachael Roberts dies at age 53
1982-Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1982-Clyde King named Yankee manager
1985-23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched