1105 - Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I 1307 - William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head 1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope 1667 - Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC 1755 - Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported 1912 - Cholera breaks out in Constantinople‚ in the Ottoman Empire 1943 - 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1959 - Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year 1976 - Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship 1989 - Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so More Historical Events »