0055 -BC- Roman forces under Julius C‘sar invade Britain
1071 The Battle of Manzikert (Malaz Kard) virtually ends Byzantine power in Asia Minor
1346 English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy
1629 Cambridge Agreement, Mass Bay Co stockholders agree to emigrate
1791 John Fitch grants US patent for his working steamboat
1846 W A Bartlett appointed first US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
1847 Liberia becomes an independent republic.
1873 The first US public kindergarten is authorized in St. Louis, MO.
1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee
1883 Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000
1883 The Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high.
188l First train into Winnipeg over the Red River Bridge.
1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1914 Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
1916 Sgt. Reginald Stanley JUDSON, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Bapaume, France
1918 Lt. Charles S. Rutherford (5th Cdn. Infranty Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Monchy-le-Preux, France
1920 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
1920 The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in SF Bay is finished
1938 Montreal Maroons dropped from the NHL
1939 New York station WXBS makes the first TV broadcast of a baseball doubleheader (Cincinnati Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers).
1942 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France
1951 Canadian railways adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules for train operation purposes.
1952 Fluoridation of SF water begins
1957 Ford introduces the Edsel automobile.(Bad move)
