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490(BC)-Athenians defeat 2nd Persian invasion of Greece at Marathon
1649-Drogheda, Ireland falls to Puritan troops; inhabitants massacred
1776-Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission
1857-423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC
1918-During WWI, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel
1934-Baltic Pact signed by Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia
1938-Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech
1941-First German ship in WWII captured by the U.S. (Busko)
1953-Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F. Kennedy
1953-Nikita Khrushchev becomes First Secretary of USSR Communist Party
1959-"Bonanza" premiers
1964-Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage
1965-Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75
1974-Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)
1980-Military coup in Turkey
1983-USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane
