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• On this date:
• In 1540, Pope Paul III issued a papal bull establishing the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, as a religious order.
• In 1779, John Adams was named by Congress to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
• In 1854, the first great disaster involving an Atlantic Ocean passenger vessel occurred when the steamship SS Arctic sank off Newfoundland; of the more than 400 people on board, only 86 survived.
• In 1862, during the Civil War, the Union Army's first all-black regiment, the self-described "Chasseurs d'Afrique" (Hunters of Africa), was formed in New Orleans (which was then under Northern control).
• In 1928, the United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
• In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
• In 1941, the United States launched 14 rapidly built "Liberty" military cargo vessels.
• In 1942, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller's entry into the Army.
• In 1954, "Tonight!," hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.
• In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President (Continued on page 28)
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