904 – Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli
1858 – Treaty of Amity and Commerce/Harris Treaty signed between US and Japan opening Japanese ports to trade
1928 – Test footage first created for Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” with Mickey Mouse
1952 – 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
1966 – Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock NY
1969 – Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars
1990 – 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)
1995 – Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis
2013 – 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq
2015 – Microsoft launches Windows 10