1638 Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes first European settler in the Bronx

1673 Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674

1778 Capt Cook passes through Bering Strait

1786 First ascent of Mt Blanc

1790 Columbia becomes first US flagged ship to voyage around the world

1803 First horses arrive in Hawaii

1842 US-Canada border defined

1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with the Free Soil Party

1849 Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria & Russia

1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising

1918 Cpl. Alexander P. Brereton (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Cpl. Frederick G. Coppins (8th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Cpl. Harry G. B. Miner (58th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Cpl. Joseph Kaeble (22nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Lt. James E. Tait (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Lt. Jean Brillant (22nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1918 Sgt. Raphael Louis Zengel (5th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Amiens, France

1930 Betty Boop debutes in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes

1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics

1942 HMAS CANBERRA (RAN) sunk in the South West Pacific, SE of Savo Island off northern Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands - by torpedoes and 8in gunfire of Japanese cruiser force.

1942 HMAS Canberra sunk in battle of Savo Island

1945 A second atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki; Soviets declare war on Japan, attacking Manchuria.

1945 Lt. Robert H. Gray (Royal Cdn. Naval Volunteer Reserve) wins the Victoria Cross at Onagawa BAy Honshu, Japan

1949 The first use in the United States of a pilot-ejection seat for an emergency escape, was made by Lieutenant J. L. Fruin of VF-171 from an F2H-1 Banshee while making over 500 knots in the vicinity of Walterboro, S.C.

1960 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida

1961 James B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court

1965 Singapore gains independence from Malaysia

1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders

1970 Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes

1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct the Space Shuttle

1973 USSR launches Mars 7

1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres

1976 USSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth

1988 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions

1990 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia

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