1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain

1768 Fire destroys one-third of the town of Montreal

1783 Congress declares end of war with Great Britain

1814 The first abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba

1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans

1862 Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia

1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized

1878 J Coggia discovers asteroid #187 Lamberta

1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die

1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews

1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system

1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration

1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US

1900 Navy accepted its first submarine, USS Holland

1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #530 Turandot

1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres

1917 First Battle of Bullecourt, France

1921 Iowa imposed first state cigarette tax

1921 Turkestan ASSR established in Russian SFSR

1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England

1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized

1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft

1945 U.S. troops liberate approximately 20,000 prisoners from Buchenwald.

1947 Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball

1951 Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur

1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites

1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes first jet to take-off and land vertically

1960 The first weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)

1961 Bob Dylan's first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1961 Israel begins the Adolf Eichman world war II crimes trial

1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty

1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000

1967 F Borngen discovers asteroid #3539 Weimar

1967 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr

1967 In Ottawa Ontario Bower Edward Featherstone convicted under the Official Secrets Act of acquiring confidential naval charts

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