1227 Death of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.
1787 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups
1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River
1812 Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic
1846 US takes Los Angeles
1850 Jose de San Martin, liberator of Chile, dies.
1859 Circus acrobat Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
1863 Federal batteries &ships bombard Fort Sumter, Charleston
1869 The first international boat race (Thames River) (Oxford beats Harvard)
1870 Mrs Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming)
1870 The first ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington
1870 Western Australia is granted representative government
1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos
1896 Gold is discovered on Klondike River
1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery
1914 The Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.
1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 SS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others
1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000
1938 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
1940 FDR &Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
1942 Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut land 222 Marines on Makin Island, first amphibious attack made from submarines
1942 US bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France
1945 Indonesia declares independence from Netherlands (National Day)
1945 Indonesia proclaims its independence from Holland.
