1227 Genghis Khan Dies
1587 First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare)
1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
1817 Gloucester, Mass, newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore
1834 Mt Vesuvius erupts
1835 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1838 First US marine expedition
1846 Gen Stephen W Kearney's US forces captures Santa Fe, NM
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days
1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
1873 The first ascent of Mount Whitney, Calif (14,494')
1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1914 Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality
1917 Capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
1917 Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
1936 106.5ø F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa to date
1937 Toyota Motor Company founded
1938 FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US and Canada
1940 Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler dies
1943 Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
1944 Major David V. Currie (The South Alberta Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France
1946 Golf Writers Associaton of America formed
1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
