1631: A ship from Bristol, the Lyon, arrives with provisions for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1783: Sweden recognizes U.S. independence.
1846: The first Pacific Coast newspaper, The Oregon Spectator, is published.
1900: The United States and Great Britain sign the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, giving the United States the right to build a canal in Nicaragua but not to fortify it.
1918: The Soviets proclaim separation of church and state.
1922: The Reader’s Digest begins publication in New York.
1922: William Larned’s steel-framed tennis racquet gets its first test.
1947: The Soviet Union and Great Britain reject terms for an American trusteeship over Japanese Pacific Isles.
1952: New York adopts three-colored traffic lights.
1961: The Soviets launch Sputnik V, the heaviest satellite to date at 7.1 tons.
1968: U.S. troops divide the Viet Cong at Hue while the Saigon government claims they will arm loyal citizens.
1971: Two Apollo 14 astronauts walk on the moon.
1972: It is reported that the United States has agreed to sell 42 F-4 Phantom jets to Israel.
1985: The United States halts a loan to Chile in protest over human rights abuses.
Source: HistoryNet.com