1400 – OwainGlyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1630 – Village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1782 – Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1810 – The Mexicans began a revolt against Spanish rule. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest of Spanish descent, declared Mexico’s independence from Spain in the small town of Dolores.
1858 – 1st overland mail for California
1859 – Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi’s boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
1861 – British Post Office Savings Banks opens
1908 – General Motors was founded by William Crapo “Billy” Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.
1976 – The Episcopal Church formally approved women to be ordained as priests and bishops.
1983 – Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
1987 – NASA launches space vehicle S-209
1987 – Pope John Paul II’s ends his Los Angeles tour with an interfaith meeting at Dodger Stadium with leaders of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism
1990 – An eight-minute videotape of an address by U.S. President George H.W. Bush was shown on Iraqi television. The message warned that action of Saddam Hussein could plunge them into a war “against the world.”
1994 – Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery went on the first untethered spacewalk in 10 years.
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
1997 – Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
1999 – 1st ever season of “Big Brother” reality show begins on the Veronica channel in The Netherlands
By: Archa Dave
