1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed

1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI

1658 Montreal Quebec, Marguerite Bourgeoys opens Ville Marie's first school for French and Indian children, in a stone stable

1722 The game of Billiards is mentioned in the New England Courant

1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee

1789 George Washington inaugurated as first president of US

1798 Congress establishes Department of the Navy

1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)

1808 The first practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri

1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state

1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation

1857 San Jose State University forms

1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires

1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W.R. Scurry is killed

1864 New York becomes first state to charge a hunting license fee

1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized

1889 First US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration

1889 George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens

1898 Championship wrestling match at the Met turns into a brawl

1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match

1913 Neujmin & Belyavskij discover asteroids #752 Sulamitis & #753 Tiflis

1915 Australia's first military pilot, Lieutenant Merz, is killed by Arabs after his Caudron plane is forced down by engine trouble over Mesopotamia during WWI.

1919 World War I peace conference grants German concession in Shantung, China, to Japan, whereupon China leaves the conference.

1921 Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"

1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1957)

1930 Radio telephone service begins between Australia and England.

1932 RCMP absorbs provincial police force of New Brunswick due to near bankruptcy of the province.

1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1355 Magoeba & #1368 Numidia

1939 NBC/RCA first public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair

1939 The World's Fair, at a cost of $150 million, opens in New York amid a blaze of fireworks. England's king and queen arrive for the opening. Regular television broadcasting begins from the Fair.

1941 Atlantic German U-boat torpedoes Canadian passenger ship Nerissa off Ireland; 73 Canadian Army personnel lost.

1942 The first submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi

1942 The Toronto Stock Exchange Index hits wartime low of 84.8 on news of German victories.

1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio

1945 Germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich.

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