On this day :

1980 Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers, 1777 Sam Mason survives Indian attack, 1955 William Cobb demonstrates first solarpowered car, 1864 Battle of Jonesboro leads to fall of Atlanta, 1951 William O Douglas calls for recognition of PRC, 1985 Los Angeles mob attacks Night Stalker, 1886 Earthquake shakes Charleston South Carolina, 1888 Jack the Ripper claims first victim, 1897 Edison patents the Kinetograph, 1939 Germany prepares for invasion of Poland, 1949 Actor Richard Gere born, 1908 William Saroyan is born, 1928 Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weills The Threepenny Opera premieres in Berlin, 1777 Sam Mason survives Indian attack, 1935 FDR signs Neutrality Act, 1959 Sandy Koufax strikes out 18, 1955 Dulles supports Diems decision not to hold national election, 1965 Ky refuses to negotiate with the Communists, 1967 Senate Committee calls for steppedup bombing, 1970 Thieu government maintains control of Senate, 1972 US weekly casualty figures hit new low, 1916 American soldier Harry Butters killed in the Battle of the Somme, 1944 The British cross the Gothic Line,