Year : 1867
Events : 1st US elevated railroad begins service in New York City.
Year : 1926
Events : US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized.
Year : 1927
Events : 1st American to win Wimbledon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody).
Year : 1957
Events : 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback.
Year : 1985
Events : European Space Agency launches Giotto to Halley's Comet.
Year : 1985
Events : Proto launched to Halley's Comet.
Year : 1988
Events : Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown.
Year : 1972
Events : Shimla Agreement signed by Indira Gandhi (India) and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan).
Year : 1639
Events : Academie Francaise begins the Dictionary of the French language.
Year : 1795
Events : 11th Amendment to US Constitution retified, affirms power of states.
Year : 1818
Events : 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," negins (New York).
Year : 1836
Events : "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charless Dickens.
Year : 1900
Events : Labour Party forms in England.
Year : 1914
Events : Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice'.
Year : 1915
Events : 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received.
Year : 1940
Events : British railroads nationalized.
Year : 1945
Events : US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer.
Year : 1964
Events : Cassius Clay becomes a Muslims & adopts the name Muhammad Ali.
Year : 1976
Events : World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR).
Year : 1977
Events : Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts.
Year : 1979
Events : Neptune becomes farthest planet from the sun in our solar system (will remain that way for 20 years).
Year : 1983
Events : 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole).
Year : 1990
Events : USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties.
Year : 1999
Events : The World renowned Solar physicist Prof.S.M.Chitre is conferred the M.P.Birla Memorial Award for 1999 - Achievements in the fields of Astronomy, Space science and allied disciplines.
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