Events:
1684 - Final session of the New England Confederation.
1869 - National Temperance Convention formed the Prohibition Party in Chicago.
1939 - Germany launched a major invasion of Poland leading to Britain and France demanding them to withdraw
1972 - Bobby Fischer became first American world chess champion.
1983 - President Reagan orders 2000 Marines into Beirut.
1985 - Titanic was found. It had sunk in 1912.
Deaths:
1557 - Jacques Cartier died
1914 - The last known passenger pigeon named Martha died at Cincinnati Zoo.
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1684 - Final session of the New England Confederation.
1869 - National Temperance Convention formed the Prohibition Party in Chicago.
1939 - Germany launched a major invasion of Poland leading to Britain and France demanding them to withdraw
1972 - Bobby Fischer became first American world chess champion.
1983 - President Reagan orders 2000 Marines into Beirut.
1985 - Titanic was found. It had sunk in 1912.
Deaths:
1557 - Jacques Cartier died
1914 - The last known passenger pigeon named Martha died at Cincinnati Zoo.
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Yesterday | Tomorrow | Choose Your Date