1818 US Medical Corp forms
1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
1828 First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published
1860 Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1865 John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln
1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
1894 Firt public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1898 Commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace
1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established
1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1912 The Titanic,launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceburg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll)
1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1926 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa
1928 Maddus AL starts first regular passenger flights between SF & LA
1928 NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1931 Mont Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2856
1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2501 Lohja
1944 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 900
