Saigon falls to North Vietnamese troops, 1975
U.S. forces cross over into Cambodia, 1970
Isiah Thomas' Birthday, 1961
Willie Mays hits four home runs in one game, 1961
Organization of American States founded, 1948
Adolph Hitler kills himself, 1945
Jill Clayburgh's Birthday, 1944
Gary Collins' Birthday, 1938
Willie Nelson's Birthday, 1933
Hawaii becomes a U.S. Territory, 1900
Louisiana admitted as 18th State, 1812
George Washington is inaugurated [at Federal Hall in New York City], 1789
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie premiers, 2005
Los Angeles riots, 1992
Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in one game, 1986
Last U.S. forces leave Vietnam, 1975
U.S. troops enter Cambodia, 1970
Michelle Pfeiffer's Birthday, 1962
Premier of "Wide World of Sports" television show, 1961
U.S. troops liberate Dachau concentration camp, 1945
George Allen's Birthday, 1922
Hirohito's Birthday, 1901
"Duke" Ellington's Birthday, 1899
Jacob S. Coxley's Army of Unemployed arrive in Washington, DC, 1894
William Randolph Hearst's Birthday, 1863
Muhammed Ali stripped of boxing title for refusal to enter the armed forces, 1967
14,000 U.S. troops sent to Dominican Republic during civil war, 1965
Mark Bavaro's Birthday, 1963
Jay Leno's Birthday, 1950
Mussolini caught and shot by Italian partisans, 1945
Ann-Margret's Birthday, 1941
James A. Baker III's Birthday, 1930
Fletcher Christian leads mutiny on H.M.S. "Bounty" against Captain Bligh, 1789
James Monroe's Birthday, 1758
Independence Day [Togo], 1960
Sheena Easton's Birthday, 1959
German troops enter Athens [Greece], 1941
Casey Kasem's Birthday, 1932
Coretta Scott King's Birthday, 1927
Jack Klugman's Birthday, 1922
Ulysses S. Grant's Birthday, 1822
Samuel Morse's Birthday, 1791
British Parliament passes Tea Act, 1773
Edward Gibbon's Birthday, 1737
Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, 1986
President Reagan begins visit to China, 1984
Union Day [Tanzania, 1964]
Carol Burnett's Birthday, 1936
Bernard Malamud's Birthday, 1914
Charles Richter's Birthday, 1900
Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches mouth of Yellowstone River, 1805
John James Audubon's Birthday, 1785
NFL moves goal posts from goal line to back of end zone, 1974
St. Lawrence Seaway opens, 1959
Talia Shire's Birthday, 1946
U.S. and Soviet troops meet at Elbe River in Germany, 1945
Al Pacino's Birthday, 1940
Meadowlark Lemon's Birthday, 1932
Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday, 1918
Landing at Gallipoli, 1915
Edward R. Murrow's Birthday, 1908
William J. Brennan, Jr's Birthday, 1906
Guglielmo Marconi's Birthday, 1874
Japan opens Tokyo to foreign trade, 1867
Guillotine first used, 1792
Attempt to rescue hostages in Iran aborted after 8 U.S. servicemen are killed in helicopter crashes, 1980
Vince Ferragamo's Birthday, 1954
U.N. begins meeting in San Francisco, 1945
Barbara Streisand's Birthday, 1942
Shirley MacLaine's Birthday, 1934
Woolworth building in New York City is world's tallest, 1913
Robert Penn Warren's Birthday, 1905
U.S. declares war on Spain, 1898
Reconstruction officially ends with withdrawal of federal troops from the South, 1877
Congress approves establishment of Library of Congress, 1800
Robert Bailey Thomas' Birthday, 1766
Coca-Cola announces discontinuation of "Old Coke" and that "New Coke" is now the "Real Thing", 1985
Valerie Bertinelli's Birthday, 1960
Minneapolis Lakers defeat Syracuse Nationals for the first NBA Championship, 1950
Phil Esposito's Birthday, 1942
Lee Majors' Birthday, 1940
Ted Williams hits his first Major League home run, 1939
Roy Orbison's Birthday, 1936
Shirley Temple Black's Birthday, 1928
James Buchanan's Birthday, 1791
William Shakespeare's Birthday, 1564
Earth Day first observed, 1970
Freeman McNeil's Birthday, 1959
Televised Army vs. McCarthy Senate Hearings open, 1954
Peter Frampton's Birthday, 1950
Jack Nicholson's Birthday, 1936
Glenn Campbell's Birthday, 1935
U.S., Britain, and Japan sign London Naval Treaty to limit naval arms race, 1930
J. Robert Oppenheimer's Birthday, 1904
U.S. blockades Cuba to aid independence forces, 1898
First Oklahoma Land Rush begins, 1889
Arbor Day first observed, 1872
Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil, 1500
Tony Danza's Birthday, 1951
Iggy Pop's Birthday, 1947
Charles Grodin's Birthday, 1935
Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday, 1926
Anthony Quinn's Birthday, 1916
Bill Duggleby becomes only Major League player to hit a grand-slam home run in his first ever at bat, 1898
First railroad train crosses the Mississippi on the river's first bridge, 1855
John Muir's Birthday, 1838
Texas wins independence from Mexico at Battle of San Jacinto, 1836
Friedrich Froebel's Birthday, 1782
Rome founded, B.C. 753
