Today:
1775 – The Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Second Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the flag of the United States.
1800 – Napoleon Bonaparte’s French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Italy.
1846 – The Bear Flag Revolt began in California, leading to the establishment of the California Republic.
1900 – Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
1922 – Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be heard on the radio.
1940 – German troops entered Paris during World War II.
1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, became the first primate to reach space in a V-2 rocket.
1951 – UNIVAC I, the world’s first commercial computer, was unveiled.
1982 – Argentine forces surrendered to British troops, ending the Falklands War.