1677 - Jan and Nicolaas van der Heyden patent the fire hose 1746 - French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras 1913 - Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1952 - MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before crowd of 8,822; team relocates to Milwaukee before start of next season 1965 - Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations 1986 - NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards 2008 - Last two remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis 2016 - Genomic study finds Australian Aboriginals as the oldest known civilization on Earth published in "Nature" More Historical Events »