1630: Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi sees the belts on Jupiter’s surface.
1681: Louis XIV sends and expedition to aid James II in Ireland. As a result, England declares war on France.
1756: Britain declares war on France.
1792: Merchants form the New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
1814: Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
1863: Union General Ulysses Grant continues his push towards Vicksburg at the Battle of the Big Black River Bridge.
1875: The first Kentucky Derby is run in Louisville.
1881: Frederick Douglass is appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, D.C.
1940: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins the invasion of France.
1954: The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules for school integration in Brown v. Board of Education.
1973: The Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.
1987: In the Persian Gulf the American guided missile frigate USS Stark is struck by 2 Exocet missiles fired by an Iraqi aircraft; only one detonates, but 37 sailors are killed and 21 are wounded. Whether the launch was deliberate or a mistake is still debated.
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