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1566

• Selim II (the Sot) succeeds as Sultan of Turkey of death of Suleiman I

1774

• 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia

1781

• Battle of Virginia Capes; French defeat British, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown

1795

• US ransoms 115 sailors from Algiers & agrees to pay tribute in future

1800

• British take Malta from the French

1836

• Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas

1862

• Gen. Robert E. Lee crosses the Potomac & enters Maryland

1882

• 10,000 workers march in the 1st US Labor Day parade, NYC

1885

• 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)

1901

• National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed

1906

• 1st legal football forward pass (Brandbury Robinson-Jack Schneider)

1914

• Pathfinder becomes 1st ship sunk by a submerged sub (German U-21)

1918

• Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth pitches a shutout in the world series

1922

• 1st transcontinental 1-day, 1-stop flight, by Jimmy Doolittle

1923

• Flyweights Gene LaRue & Kid Pancho kayo each other simultaneously

1925

• 44ø C (112ø F), Centerville, Alabama (state record)

1934

• 3 men complete 1st dogsled crossing of Greenland (west-east), 1740 km

1943

• 1st in-flight pick-up of a human from the ground, Wilmington, Dela.

1950

• 98.30 cm (38.70") of rainfall, Yankeetown, Fla. (state 24-hr record)

1953

• 1st privately operated atomic reactor - Raleigh, NC

1958

• 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, NC

1960

• Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal

1970

• Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)

1972

• 11 Israeli athletes slain at the Munich Olympics

1975

• Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento

1977

• Voyager 2 launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn

1978

• Sadat, Begin & Carter begin peace conference at Camp David, Md.

1980

• World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens

1982

• Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven speed boat record of 368.5 kph

1983

• 8th space shuttle mission - Challenger 3 - returns to earth

1984

• 12th space shuttle mission - Discovery 1 - returns to earth

1988

• Jerry Lewis's 23rd Labor Day telethon raises a record $41,132,113
• CFL's Earl Winfield (Hamilton) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100- yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception

1989

• 2 Soviet cosmonauts launched for rendezvous with space station Mir
• Int'l Amateur Athletic Fed. erases records of known steroid users