1776 - Thomas Paine publishes his 1st “American Crisis” essay beginning “These are the times that try men’s souls” (date disputed)
The U.S. Travel Association encourages people to plan their vacations days so that they don’t end up losing them.
1789 - US Federal Judiciary Act passes, creating a six-person Supreme Court
1526 - Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle the Hungarian Empire is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent
1789 - French National Assembly issues the “Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen”
1642 - Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
1817 - 60-70ft sea serpent sightings reported offshore in Gloucester, Massachusetts
1851 - Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
1866 -US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
1792 - Mount Unzen on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan’s deadliest volcanic eruption
