1918 - Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent
1929 - 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote.
1956 - Dale Long becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1967 - Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
1968 - AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
1972 - White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Natl HQ at Watergate
1987 - Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
1995 - Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941
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