1895
And . . . ACTION!
Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
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1765
The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.
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1820
U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
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1894
The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
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1933
The first German concentration camp was opened at Dachau.
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1945
The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
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1972
Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.
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1997
Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
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2012
Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.
