1782George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction

1798British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile

1802Napoleon declared "Consul for Life"

1865Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

1907Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit

1928Benito Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1932Carl David Anderson discovers and photographs a positron (positive electron), the first known antiparticle

1934Adolf Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German armed forces

1940Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death

1945Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill

1964Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open

1969Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minn 10th reunion

1969US President Richard Nixon visits Romania

1973George Brett gets his 1st hit

1981Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic

1982Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season

1987chris johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am

1990US President George H. W. Bush orders troops to Saudi Arabia

1991Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges

1994NY Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure

1998San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is hit by a pitch and charges the mound, causing a bench-clearing brawl

1999"The Sixth Sense", starring Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, and Haley Joel Osment, premieres