CoM Moderators Posted September 20, 2023 Posted September 20, 2023 1596 - Diego de Montemayor founded the city of Monterrey in New Spain. 1830 - 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods 1833 - Charles Darwin arrives in Buenos Aires after travelling through the Argentine interior with guachos 1877 - Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1913 - US Open Men's Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray 1917 - British assault on Polygon Forest, France 1964 - Günter Grass' play "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin 1977 - Russell Means addresses the UNHCR in Geneva: criticizes the United States, describing Native Americans as "people who live in the belly of the monster" 1985 - Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players 2000 - Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends More Historical Events »
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