1630 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1787 - The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1894 - The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
1939 - World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
1940 -World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
1957 - Malaysia joins the United Nations.
1991 - Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
1993 - Last Russian troops leave Poland.
Famous Birthdays:
1550 - Pope Paul V
1630 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, scientist
1903 - Frank O'Connor, author
1922 - Agostinho Neto, 1st President of Angola
1928 - Roddy McDowall, actor
1948 - John Ritter, actor
1968 -Her Royal Highness Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark
1985 - José Gonçalves, footballer
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