Today in History was something I used to do all the time, on my old Blog-spot blog.
So here goes:
1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson, working for the Dutch East India Company, arrived at the island of Manhattan, before sailing up the river that now bears his name.
1882 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the first practical electrical lighting system when he turned on the lights for a one square mile area of New York City.
1949 - History's longest pro tennis match when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.
1957 - Orval Faubus (governor of Arkansas) called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock
1974 - East Germany and the United States established formal diplomatic relations for the first time.
1998 - While in Ireland, United States President Clinton said the words "I'm sorry" for the first time about his affair with Monica Lewinsky
1998 - The United Nations tribunal on Rwanda sentenced former prime minister Jean Kambanda to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 genocide.
1998 - Sammy Sosa became the Chicago Cubs' all-time single-season homer leader with a solo shot off Pittsburgh's Jason Schmidt.