1788 - US Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify it
1854 - First Victoria Cross won during bombardment of Bomarsund in the Aland Islands (Crimean War)
1948 - Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor General of India (formerly the last Viceroy)
1990 - 7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000
1993 - English mathematician …
