1682
William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania.
1787
Mozart's opera Don Giovanni debuted in Prague.
1923
The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
1929
The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression.
1956
Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
1966
The National Organization for Women was founded.
1998
John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77.
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