1900 –<\/strong> The Commonwealth of Australia was established by an act of the British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government.<\/p>\n 1922 –<\/strong> Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 meters freestyle in less than a minute.<\/p>\n 1935 –<\/strong> Norman Bright ran the two-mile event in the record time of 9 minutes, 13.2 seconds at a meet in New York City.<\/p>\n 1943 –<\/strong> American and British forces made an amphibious landing on Sicily.<\/p>\n 1947 –<\/strong> The engagement of Britain’s Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.<\/p>\n 1951 –<\/strong> U.S. President Truman asked Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany.<\/p>\n 1953 –<\/strong> New York Airways began the first commuter passenger service by helicopter.<\/p>\n 1968 –<\/strong> The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, TX.<\/p>\n 1971 –<\/strong> The United States turned over complete responsibility of the Demilitarized Zone to South Vietnamese units.<\/p>\n 1985 –<\/strong> Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League (USFL).<\/p>\n 1985 –<\/strong> Joe Namath signed a five-year pact with ABC-TV to provide commentary for “Monday Night Football”.<\/p>\n 1997 –<\/strong> Mike Tyson was banned from the boxing ring and fined $3 million for biting the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield.<\/p>\n 1999 \u2013<\/strong> Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.<\/p>\n 2002 \u2013<\/strong> The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The organization’s first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.<\/p>\n 2005 –<\/strong> Danny Way, a daredevil skateboarder, rolled down a large ramp and jumped across the Great Wall of China. He was the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid.<\/p>\n 2006 \u2013<\/strong> One hundred and twenty-five people are killed when S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 passenger jet, veers off the runway while landing in wet conditions at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia.<\/p>\n 2011 \u2013<\/strong> South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.<\/p>\n 2015 –<\/strong> The South Carolina House of Representatives approved taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. 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