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1701: England, Austria, and the Netherlands form an Alliance against France.
1888: An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1892: The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1940: Germany’s blitz against London begins during the Battle of Britain.
1953: Nikita Krushchev elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1954: Integration of public schools begins in Washington D.C. and Maryland.
1965: Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio.
1977: Panama and US sign Torrijos-Carter Treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the US to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1979: ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programing Network, debuts.
1986: Desmond Tutu becomes first black leader of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of South Africa).
1988: Pilot and cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan to travel to outer space, returns to earth after 9 days aboard the Soviet space station Mir.
2004: Hurricane Ivan damages 90% of buildings on the island of Grenada; 39 die in the Category 5 storm.
2008: US Government assumes conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage financing companies, during the subprime mortgage crisis.
By Wycliffe Andabwa
