1633 the Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei to renounce the view that the sun was the center of the universe not the earth. For it he spent the rest of his life under house arrest. 1945 Okinawa falls to US troops.

2004 SpaceShipOne was the first manned privately owned spacecraft to fly Mike Melville was the pilot. 2009 Greenland began self-rule although Denmark still controlled foreign affairs.

1975 the film Jaws opened about a huge white shark. 1991 The German Parliament moved to Berlin as the new capital the original capital before the war was Bonn.

1964 the US Senate passed the Civil Rights Act against racial discrimination by race, color, religion, sex and national origin. 2002 Steve Fossett became the first solo person to fly around the world.

1942 Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool later became one of The Beatles. 1948 the 33 1/3 LP record was introduced by Columbia Records it allowed 20 minutes of recording per side.

1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from the people of France. 1928 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.