1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) 1799 - Batavian fleet surrenders to British navy during Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland 1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products 1906 - NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs 1932 - Hermann Goering elected President of the German Reichstag 1933 - Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1951 - US and Philippines sign mutual defense pact 1986 - 43rd Venice Film Festival: "Le rayon vert" directed by Eric Rohmer wins Golden Lion 2012 - A blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21 missing 2013 - 15 people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China More Historical Events »