1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
1457 – Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)
1790 – Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela
1894 – Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University
1912 – 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925
1970 – Steven Stills arrested for drug possession
1973 – US ends secret bombing of Cambodia
1981 – George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront
1987 – Oakland’s Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49
1997 – “1776” opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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