- 1759- Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery.
- 1814- The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
- 1816- Sir Daniel Gooch laid 1st successful transatlantic cables.
- 1821- Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
- 1858- In Richmond, Virginia, 90 blacks are arrested for learning.
- 1886- William Francis Gibbs naval architect, designed Liberty ships.
- 1891- Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
- 1950- Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the UN.
- 1991- Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1995- Windows 95, a computer operating system by Microsoft, is released with much fanfare.
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