Today:
1620 – The Mayflower Compact was signed by the Pilgrims in Provincetown Harbor, creating a framework for self-governance in the Plymouth Colony.
1676 – Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presented the first quantitative measurement of the speed of light.
1783 – Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d’Arlandes made the first free balloon flight in Paris, France.
1789 – North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1877 – Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device for recording and playing sound.
1916 – The Britannic, a sister ship of the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea after hitting a mine, with 30 lives lost.
1920 – Irish rebels killed 14 British agents in what became known as “Bloody Sunday” during the Irish War of Independence.
1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, opened in New York City.
1995 – The Dayton Agreement was initialed in Dayton, Ohio, ending the Bosnian War.
2004 – The Orange Revolution began in Ukraine in response to reports of widespread electoral fraud in the presidential election.
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