1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte took Alexandria, Egypt.

1847 - The U.S. Post Office issued its first adhesive stamps.

1862 - The U.S. Congress established the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

1867 - Canada became an independent dominion.

1893 - The first bicycle race track in America to be made out of wood was opened in San Francisco, CA.

1909 - Thomas Edison began commercially manufacturing his new "A" type alkaline storage batteries.

1943 - The U.S. Government began automatically withholding federal income tax from paychecks.<!y2000>

1945 - New York established the New York State Commission Against Discrimination to prevent discrimination in employment because of race, creed or natural origin. It was the first such agency in the U.S.

1961 - The first community air-raid shelter was built. The shelter in Boise, ID had a capacity of 1,000 people and family memberships sold for $100. 

1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.

1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.

1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside.

1971 - The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.

2003 - In Hong Kong, thousands of protesters marched to show their opposition to anti-subversion legislation.<!a> <!The law took effect October 1, 2000.>
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