On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1399: Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV.
1493: Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the new world.
1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
1789: Congress votes to create a U.S. army.
1850: Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory.
1932: A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.
1939: Germany and the Soviet Union reach an agreement on the division of Poland.
1941: 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other "undesirables."
1950: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev repeatedly disrupts a UN General Assembly meeting with his violent outbursts over intervention in the Belgian Congo, US U2 spy planes, and arms control.
1960: General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
1962: Canada launches its first satellite, Alouette 1.
1966: Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car.
1979: John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland.
2008: Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.
2009: An 8.1 earthquake causes a tidal wave that claims 189 lives in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
