1792: US 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 discovers the site of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and claims it for the United Kingdom

1938: UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has appeased Nazi Germany

1944: Battle of Eniwetok: US forces take Enewetak Atoll at the cost of 37 Americans killed or missing and 94 wounded, Japanese losses were 800 dead and 23 prisoners

1947: Earl Mountbatten of Burma appointed as last viceroy of India to oversee the move to independence

1962: John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7

Source: Onthisday.com