On this day :

1789 The First Supreme Court, 1776 Congress prepares instructions for negotiating treaty with France, 1948 Honda Motor Company is incorporated, 1827 Union General Henry Slocum is born, 1953 United States will not cringe before Soviet weapons, 1969 The Chicago Seven go on trial, 1971 A game warden is reported missing, 1966 Hurricane Inez batters Caribbean, 622 Muhammad completes Hegira, 1975 Redford stars in Three Days of the Condor, 1996 Stephen King releases two books at once, 1966 Last Train To Clarksville gives the madeforTV Monkees a reallife pop hit, 1890 The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy, 1964 Warren Commission report delivered to President Johnson, 1988 Ben Johnson wins gold temporarily, 1963 McNamara and Taylor assess situation in Vietnam, 1967 Political instability continues in South Vietnam, 1918 Bulgaria seeks ceasefire with Allied powers, 1941 Japanese gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor,