1917 Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

1917 Lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

1917 Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops

1918 Latvia proclaims independence

1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital

1928 Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"

1929 Canadian Ambassador Vincent Massey 1887-1967 protests against sinking of Canadian schooner I'm Alone; crew released; case of rum-runner to go to arbitration

1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London

1931 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1180 Rita

1935 Works Progress Administration approved by Congress

1938 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1715 Salli

1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial

1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II

1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman

1941 Commissioning of USS North Carolina, which carried 9 16-inch guns

1942 Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan

1942 HMS HERMES sunk in the Indian Ocean off south east coast of Ceylon by Japanese carrier dive-bombers.

1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau

1943 Re-establishment of Commodore rank in the U.S. Navy

1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360

1946 League of Nations assembles for last time

1947 Atomic Energy Commission formed

1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed

1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300

1950 Bob Hope's first TV appearance

1952 In El Reno, Oklahoma a 5.5 earthquake occurred the largest historical earthquake in Oklahoma.

1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia

1952 Pres Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike

1953 "TV Guide" publishes first issue

1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway

1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping

1959 Selection of first 7 Mercury astronauts, include 4 naval aviators

1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236

1962 CPR employees at Royal York Hotel in Toronto end 11-month strike.

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