1792-U.S. postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance
1872-New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
1873-British Naval Officer John Moresby is the first European to discover Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, claims it for the United Kingdom
1938-U.K. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns, stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has appeased Nazi Germany
1944-Battle of Eniwetok: U.S. forces take Enewetak Atoll at the cost of 37 Americans killed or missing and 94 wounded; Japanese losses are 800 dead and 23 prisoners
1947-Earl Mountbatten of Burma is appointed the last viceroy of India to oversee the move to independence
1962-John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7
Source: Korea Times News
