| On this date in: |
| 1790 |
The Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service. |
| 1792 |
Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Field Place, England. |
| 1830 |
Plans for the city of Chicago were laid out. |
| 1892 |
Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, Mass. (Lizzie Borden, Andrew Borden’s daughter from a previous marriage, was accused of the killings, though she was later acquitted.) |
| 1914 |
Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality in World War I. |
| 1964 |
The bodies of three missing civil rights workers were found buried in an earthen dam in Mississippi. |
| 1977 |
President Jimmy Carter signed a measure establishing the Department of Energy. |
| 1987 |
The Federal Communications Commission voted to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and TV stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues. |
| 1994 |
Serb-dominated Yugoslavia withdrew its support for Bosnian Serbs, sealing the 300-mile border between Yugoslavia and Serb-held Bosnia. |
| 2002 |
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a bus in northern Israel during rush hour, killing nine passengers. |
| 2005 |
A mini-submarine carrying seven Russians became caught on an underwater antenna 600 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean; the men were rescued three days later with help from a British vessel. |
| 2007 |
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants tied Hank Aaron’s 755 career home runs. |
