Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1789

The U.S. House of Representatives held its first full meeting in New York City. Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first House Speaker.

1853

Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first U.S. city to pay its firefighters a regular salary.

1918

The Royal Air Force was established in Britain

1933

Nazi Germany began persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses

1939

The United States recognized the Franco government in Spain following the end of the Spanish civil war.

1945

American forces invaded Okinawa during World War II.

1946

Tidal waves struck the Hawaiian Islands, killing more than 170 people.

1960

The first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.

1970

President Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television.

1984

Singer Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father, Marvin Gaye Sr., in Los Angeles. The elder Gaye pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received probation.

1987

In his first major speech on the epidemic, President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, ''We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1.''

1998

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright dismissed Paula Jones' lawsuit against President Clinton, saying her claims of sexual harassment fell ''far short'' of being worthy of trial.

1999

Three U.S. soldiers who were captured by Serb forces while on patrol in Macedonia were shown on Serbian TV with dirt and abrasions on their faces.

1999

A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with originating the ''Melissa'' e-mail virus. (David L. Smith later pleaded guilty to various state and federal charges.)

2001

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.

2001

Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.

2001

An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.

2004

Google launches its Email service Gmail.

2006

Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.

2011

After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.

1873

Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in Novgorod Province, Russia.

1947

Greece's King George II died.

1996

Baseball umpire John McSherry died after collapsing during a season opener between the Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos.