1940<\/strong> – The Selective Service Act was passed by the U.S. Congress providing the first peacetime draft in the United States.<\/p>\n 1948<\/strong> – In New York, a groundbreaking ceremony took place at the site of the United Nations’ world headquarters.<\/p>\n 1959<\/strong> – Luna II<\/i>, a Soviet space probe, became the first man-made object on the moon when it crashed on the surface.<\/p>\n 1960<\/strong> – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded. The core members were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n 1963<\/strong> – Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to America’s first surviving quintuplets.<\/p>\n 1965<\/strong> – “My Mother The Car” premiered on NBC TV. The series was canceled after only a few weeks after the debut.<\/p>\n 1972<\/strong> – “The Waltons” premiered on CBS-TV.<\/p>\n 1975<\/strong> – Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint.<\/p>\n 1978<\/strong> – “Mork & Mindy” premiered on ABC-TV.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong> – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 416-0 in a resolution condemning the Soviet Union for the shooting down of a Korean jet on September 1.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong> – Joe Kittinger became the first person to fly a balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n 1987<\/strong> – Tony Magnuson cleared 9.5 feet above the top of the U-ramp and set a new skateboard high jump record.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – Joseph T. Wesbecker shot and killed eight people and wounded twelve others at a printing plant in Louisville, KY. Wesbecker, 47 years old, was on disability for mental illness. He took his own life after the incident.<\/p>\n 1994<\/strong> – It was announced that the season was over for the National Baseball League on the 34th day of the players strike. The final days of the regular season were canceled.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Jaime Jarrin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Israel announced that they had successfully tested its Arrow-2 missile defense system. The system successfully destroyed a simulated target.<\/p>\n 1999<\/strong> – Disney World closed down for the first time in its 28-year history. The closure was due to Hurricane Floyd heading for Florida. 1999<\/strong> – It was announced that “US” magazine would change from monthly to weekly and change its name to “USWeekly.”<\/p>\n 2001<\/strong> – Nintendo released the GameCube home video game console in Japan.<\/p>\n 2001<\/strong> – The FBI released the names of the 19 suspected hijackers that had taken part in the September 11 terror attacks on the U.S.<\/p>\n 2009<\/strong> – Greyhound UK began operations as an hourly service between London and Portsmouth or Southampton.<\/p>\n 2015<\/strong> – In Livingston, LA, and Hanford, WA, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors detected gravitational waves for the first time. 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