On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1540: The Society of Jesus, a religious order under Ignatius Loyola, is approved by the Pope.
1920: Eight Chicago White Sox players are charged with fixing the 1919 World Series.
1939: Germany occupies Warsaw as Poland falls to Germany and the Soviet Union.
1964: The Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, issues its report, stating its conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman.
1996: The Taliban capture Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul.
2003: European Space Agency launches SMART-1 satellite to orbit the moon.
2007: NASA launches Dawn probe to explore and study the two larges objects of the asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres.
2008: Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese to walk in space; he was part of the Shenzhou 7 crew.
