959: Edgar the Peaceable becomes king of all England.
1795: Belgium is conquered by France.
1800: Spain cedes Louisiana to France via the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
1811: The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1814: Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon the previous spring.
1880: John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
1880: Edison opens the first electric lamp company.1881: William Boeing, founder of The Boeing Company is born.
1890: The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.1896: The US Post Office establishes Rural Free Delivery.
1903: The visiting Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Boston Americans 7-3 in the first World Series game. (The Americans, forerunners of the Boston Red Sox, won the best-of-nine series 5-3.)
1903: Vladimir Horowitz, considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century is born.
1908: Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825, which would cost about $18,000 in today's dollars.
1910: Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie & Clyde fame is born.
1918: During WWI, Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence capture Damascus.1920: Walter Matthau is born.
1921: James Whitmore, star of the giant ant epic Them! and The Shawshank Redemption is born.1924: Jimmy Carter is born.
1926: An oil field accident costs aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he uses the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.1927: Tom Bosley is born.
1928: George Peppard is born. People of my generation remember him best as the cigar-chomping Col. Hannibal Smith on The A-Team. I love it when plan comes together!1928: The Soviet Union introduces its First Five-Year Plan.
1930: Richard Harris is born.
1931: The George Washington Bridge linking New Jersey and New York opens.
1931: The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
1932: Albert Collins, bluesman is born.1935: Julie Andrews is born.
1939: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill describes the Soviet Union as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".
1940: The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
1942: First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".
1946: Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.1947: The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1947: Stephen Collins is born. He played the jilted Commander Decker in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
1927: Mariska Veresm, singer for Shocking Blue is born.1949: The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong.
1957: First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
1958: NASA is created to replace NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics).
1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees engage in an epic battle to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 in 1927. Maris ends up hitting his 61st against the Boston Red Sox, passing Ruth.
1962: Johnny Carson debuts as the regular host of NBC's "Tonight" show.
1964: The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.1969: The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971: Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
1975: At the Thrilla in Manila, Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1979: The United States returns sovereignty of the Panama canal to Panama.
1982: EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World
1982: Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
1994: Palau, an island nation in the South Pacific, Palau gains independence from the United Nations trusteeship administered by the United States.View Larger Map
Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.
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