1665 The arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.
1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)
1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt
1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC
1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England
1819 Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators
1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan
1861 Pres Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy
1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed
1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion
1876 The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)
1898 Roller coaster patented
1917 Prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
1931 Near Valentine, Texas a 5.8 quake was the largest historical earthquake in Texas.
1934 The Post office issues 2 cent stamp to commemorate 150th anniversary of founding of New Brunswick
1934 US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)
1934 US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere
1936 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
1944 U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere."
1948 The Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1954 Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue
1955 Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor
1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate
1959 USSR introduces installment buying
