0879 France's Louis II (the Stammerer) dies at Compiègne at age 32 after an ineffectual reign of 18 months

1682 Louisiana USA René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687 starts return trip up the Mississippi with Tonty, after claiming Louisiana for France.

1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing

1741 Prussians defeat Austrians at Mollwitz

1790 Spanish start building forts in Nootka Sound to exploit sea otter harvest; try to head off English traders after the recent visit by Captain Cook.

1790 US Patent system established

1812 Washington DC United States calls out the militia in preparation for a war against Britain that will begin June 18; attack on Upper Canada imminent.

1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa

1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC) sold rights for $100

1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn

1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last

1866 American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms

1866 Campobello New Brunswick Irish American Fenians attack Campobello Island from Eastport, Maine; persuaded to leave by British warships, US agents.

1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala

1871 William Hammond Hall's maps &surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted

1872 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #120 Lachesis

1872 Arbor day first celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22

1875 Regina Saskatchewan the Northwest Mounted Police ordered to build a post on the site of the city of Calgary.

1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC

1878 Calif St Cable Car RR Co starts service

1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #216 Kleopatra

1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco &Hawaii)

1896 Greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens

1900 Capetown South Africa Samuel Benfield Steele 1849-1919 arrives in South Africa commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse.

1912 J Palisa discovers asteroid #730 Athanasia

1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its first &last voyage

1912 Southampton England White Star liner Titanic leaves Southamption at noon for Cherbourg France

1916 The first professional golf tournament held

1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers

1917 Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

1925 F Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"

1930 Synthetic rubber first produced

1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected first German president (Hitler is 2nd)

1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena

1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany

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