1360: The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.1593: Gil Perez, a Spanish soldier allegedly teleports from the Philippines to Mexico City. Maybe he jaunted.
1632: Anton van Leeuwenhoek is born. He improved on the microscope so much that he was the first person to see single-celled creatues.
1648: The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and, effectively, the Holy Roman Empire.1861: The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express. Abe Lincoln recieves the first telegraph message.
1901: Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1903: Melvin Purvis is born. He was the most famous FBI agent (he lead the hunt for Dillinger) until he got more famous than J. Edgar Hoover, which spelled the end of his career.
1915: Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, is born.
1929: "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.1930: JP Richardson, aka The Big Bopper is born.
1931: The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
1939: F. Murray Abraham is born.1939: Nylon stockings are sold for the first time.
1944: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1946: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947: Kevin Kline is born.
1947: Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1952: Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declares, "I shall go to Korea" as he promises to end the conflict
1962: The US blockade of Cuba takes effect.
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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