TODAY in HISTORY

1690 —First paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)

1919 — League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) 1919 — Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)

1942 — First Japanese air raid on Java 1966 — First soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)

1972 — U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1979 — “YMCA” by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart

1984 — First baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA

1987 — San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America’s Cup

1989 — Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay

1993 — Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, Calif.

1994 — President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam

1997 — Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca, N.Y.