1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany
1863 – US General Ulysses S. Grant begins siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi; after 47 days of battle siege, Confederate Lt. General John C. Pemberton’s troops surrender
1922 – Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs)
1933 – Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
1943 – Allied bombers attack Pantelleria, an Italian island 100 km southwest of Sicily
1953 – American Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier
1955 – Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1964 – US Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1971 – US President Richard Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1991 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
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