1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo & kill Giuliano de'Medici

1514 Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn

1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies

1564 William Shakespeare baptized

1607 The first British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va

1654 Jews are expelled from Brazil

1777 Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from NY to Ct rallying her fathers militia

1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France

1860 Founding of the Second Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada from six independent militia units; later the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, oldest regiment in the Canadian Armed Forces.

1861 G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia

1865 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #83 Beatrix

1865 Gen Joseph E Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee, at Durham, NC

1865 John Wilkes Booth assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green, VA

1875 First scheduled train over the Prince Edward Island Railway from Charlottetown to Georgetown.

1876 J Perrotin discovers asteroid #163 Erigone

1884 J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria

1887 Cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;

1887 Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity

1900 On a Farm in Ohio Charles Richter born, he developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes

1906 The first motion pictures shown in Hawaii

1907 Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens

1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #756 Lilliana

1912 The first homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

1913 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF

1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova

1920 H Shapley & H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae

1921 U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country

1926 Karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)

1929 The first non-stop England to India flight lands

1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season

1935 Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years

1937 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain

1938 Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich, valued Jewish property is to be seized within Greater Germany at a value of approximately eight billion Reichmarks.

1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo

1942 Colliery explosion kills 1,549 at Honkeiko Manchuria

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