1099 Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon
1263 King James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings
1561 Mary Proclaimed Queen of Scots
1787 W Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
1812 USS Constitution captures HMS Guerriere. Lucy Brewer served on board Consituation as Nicolas Baker during this battle.
1818 CAPT James Biddle takes possession of Oregon Territory for U.S.
1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
1888 First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins
1891 William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum
1903 Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game
1909 First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway
1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest
1934 Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association
1934 Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler
1942 1,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France
1942 First American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is
1942 Honorary Capt. John Weir Foote (Cdn. Chaplain Service) wins the Victoria Cross at Dieppe, France
1942 Lt.-Colonel Charles C.I. Merritt (The South Saksatchewan Regiment) wins the Victoria Corss at Dieppe, France
1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch)
1954 Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN
1955 Hurricane Diane kills 200 and is the first billion $ damage storm (N.E. US)
1958 NAACP Youth Council begin sit-ins at Oklahoma City Lunch counters
1960 American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage
1960 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)
1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
