1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office

1686 The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published

1788 Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution

1788 Maryland was one of the first of the United States of America, entering the Union as number seven on this day

1789 Mutiny on HMS Bounty

1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda

1910 The first night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)

1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina

1913 J Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar

1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV

1914 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina

1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner

1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika

1919 The first jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)

1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins the USSR (1st time)

1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's first licensed educational radio station

1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)

1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster

1924 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1029 La Plata

1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1242 Zambesia

1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced

1937 The first animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)

1937 The first commercial flight across the Pacific, Pan Am

1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary

1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"

1941 Sgt. John Daniel Hinton, 20th NZ Battalion, won the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece

1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along the East Coast

1944 U.S. LSTs attacked during Operation Tiger

1945 Bernito Mussolini Fascist leader & mistress captured, tried, & shot

1947 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia

1952 Ratification by Australia of peace treaty with Japan and official end of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), Japan

1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect

1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)

1958 Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America

1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude

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