1791 - First US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend. 1805 - Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the longest aqueduct in the UK and the highest canal aqueduct in the world, carrying the Llangollen Canal 126 feet above the River Dee 1894 - King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France 1940 - Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw 1953 - KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 - 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France 1990 - US proposes addition to UN resolution that would require Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait by January 1 1996 - Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4 More Historical Events »