1578 William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation

1733 Canada's first lighthouse lit for the first time, using coal from nearby Morien and Spanish River, the round 200 metre tower, made with cement from limestone burned in local kilns, is the first fireproof concrete structure in North America.

1776 Ships carrying 1,124 United Empire Loyalists arrive at Halifax from Boston; many with the British Army; in all, 40,000 Americans remain loyal.

1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$"

1789 House of Reps first full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg first speaker

1850 SF County Govt established

1852 Second Burmese War breaks out after British ultimatum to King of Burma.

1853 Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary

1863 Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect

1865 Baie du Ha! Ha! Quebec, the first Canadian April Fools' Day on record celebrated by British troops and Canadian militia at Fort Poisson d'Avril.

1865 Battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army

1867 Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama

1867 International Exhibition opens in Paris

1868 Hampton Institute opens

1868 The Canadian Government fixes a uniform first class postal rate of three cents; establishes Post Office Savings Bank.

1870 Patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98

1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die

1875 The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart.

1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #331 Etheridgea

1893 Navy General Order 409 of 25 February 1893 establishes the rate of Chief Petty Officer as of this date.

1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya

1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk

1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force

1918 HMS Falcon, a Royal Navy 'C' Class destroyer sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald.

1918 In Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages. "the demon RUM"

1918 In Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.

1920 Church disestablished in Wales

1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa

1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

1924 Founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.

1924 Imperial Airways formed in Britain

1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]

1927 Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice

1927 The American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.

1930 Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies

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