1014 The Battle of Clontarf ends Danish rule in Ireland, but a Dane kills the Irish king Brian Boru, 87

1348 First English order of knighthood founded (Order of the Garter)

1789 President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY

1851 Civil engineer Sandford Fleming 1827-1915 designs the red Three-Pence Beaver stamp issued this day; the Province of Canada's first regular postage stamp

1861 Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith

1871 Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up

1881 The opera "Patience or Bunthorne's Bride" is produced (London)

1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia

1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)

1896 Vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)

1904 American Academy of Arts & Letters forms

1906 The Alberta Legislature sets the provincial speed limit at 10 mph in the city and 20 mph in the country. , Now it's 100 in the city and 200 in the country it seems

1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels

1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)

1915 Lance-Cpl. Fredrick Fisher (Cdn. 13th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at St.Julien Belgium

1918 USS Stewart destroys German submarine off France

1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly first meets, in Ankara

1930 H Van Gent discovers asteroids #1225 Ariane & #1267 Geertruida

1933 The Gestapo is established in Germany

1934 In first Navy movement through Panama Canal over 100 ships transitted

1936 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1651 Behrens

1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)

1945 In only U.S. use of guided missiles in WW II, 2 BAT missiles release at Balikiapan, Borneo

1947 HMS Warspite, to many this was the Royal Navy's most famous battleship. Her survival from her launch on 26th November 1913 to her loss on this date en-route to the breakers has to be at the very least a tribute to her builders for constructing a virtually indestructable ship. She formed part of the 5th Battle Squadron during the First World War. During the Second World War 1939-1946 she took part in the 2nd Battle of Narvik, and the Battle of Calabria in 1940, the battle of Matapan in 1941. This was followed by the bombardment of Normandy where she was damaged by a mine. Previously, in 1943 she was badly damaged by a glider bomb off Salerno. And all this in addition to countless other operations throughout the War. In 1946 she was sold for breaking up on the Clyde but en-route the tow parted and she went ashore in Prussia Cove, Cornwall. She was eventually broken up where she lay.

1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF

1950 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup

1950 The first major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)

1951 Battle of Kapyong, Korea starts

1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits first of his 755 homers

1956 Project Vanguard, earth satellite launching program, assigned to DCNO (Air)

1962 Ranger 4, first US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral

1965 Launch of first Soviet communications satellite

1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes first in-flight casualty

1968 United Methodist Church forms

1969 Over 1000ý mi flooded in Shantung Province China

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