1789 - William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice
1875 - 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
1940 - Nazi blitzkrieg and conquest of France begins with the crossing of the Muese River
1941 - Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world’s first working program…
