1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St Helena on board British ship the Northumberland
1831 – 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1923 – NY State Golf Association formed
1930 – Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer’s animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1942 – CBS radio broadcasts the debut of “Our Secret Weapon.”
1948 – The US crew blitzes the field to win the rowing eights gold medal at the London Olympics; beat silver medallists Great Britain by 10.2 seconds
1970 – Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
1975 – 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7
1988 – Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1997 – Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police