Vietnam declared its independence from France, forming a republic (1945)
- Japan signed its unconditional surrender, finally ending six years of WWII (1945)
- The first automated teller machine in the United States was installed in Rockville Centre, New York (1969)
- The United States and Russia agreed to cooperate to build a space station (1992)
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio (1995)
And on this day in 490 BC, after the Battle of Marathon, where the Greeks defeated the invading Persians,
Pheidippides, who had already run 140 miles over two…