This Day In History

1804 - French civil Code of Napoleon adopted

1844 - Bah '¡ New Year

1851 - Yosemite Valley discovered in Cal

1860 - US extradition treaty with Sweden

1907 - US invades Honduras

1918 - During WW I Germany launchs Somme Offensive -

1945 - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4 day raid over Germany

1946 - UN set up temporary hq at Hunter College (Bronx)

1960 - S African authorities kill 69 demonstrators at Sharpeville

1963 - Alcatraz fed pen in SF Bay closed

1965 - Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery

1965 - US Ranger 9 launched takes 5 -814 pictures before lunar impact

1986 - 199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange