627 – Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
1911 – Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
1912 – R Friml/O Harbach’s musical “Firefly” premieres in NYC
1913 – Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
1953 – Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1969 – Strategia della tensione: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
1985 – DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
1992 – 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami-Fla (QB)
2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
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