1621-Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth)
1638-Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony
1733-Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water
1765-Britain enacts Stamp Act
1778-Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery - in Wash state
1799-F.W.A. Argelander - cataloguer of 324 -000 stars - dies
1820-Stephen Decatur killed in a duel with Com James Barron
1882-Congress outlaws polygamy
1894-Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 & wins 1st Stanley Cup
1903-NY Highlander (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
1929-USCG vessel sank Canadian-reg schooner suspected of carrying liquor
1941-Grand Coulee Dam in Wash went into operation
1945-Arab League founded
1946-Jordan (then Transjordan) gains independence from Britain
1957-Earthquake gives SF shakes
1960-AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
1963-Beatles release 1st album - Please Please Me
1967-Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali\s 1st MSG fight
1968-Lynda Johnson ordered off Cable Car for eating an ice cream cone
1972-Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1972-Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
1975-Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
1977-Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
1978-Robert Frost Plaza - at Calif - Drumm & Market - dedicated
1979-Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1981-1st class postage raised to 18› from 15›
1981-Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
1982-3rd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 launched
1983-Chaim Herzog elected Israeli pres
1984-Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game