1665 The arrival of 12 mares and 2 stallions; gift of Louis XlV to start a new breed of Canadian horse.

1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton)

1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt

1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC

1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England

1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan

1861 Pres Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy

1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed

1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion

1876 The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)

1898 Roller coaster patented

1917 Prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France

1931 Near Valentine, Texas a 5.8 quake was the largest historical earthquake in Texas.

1934 The Post office issues 2 cent stamp to commemorate 150th anniversary of founding of New Brunswick

1934 US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)

1934 US explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (1922 m) in Bathysphere

1936 11th Olympic games close in Berlin

1944 U.S. War Department issues a statement that bombing Auschwitz would divert air power from "decisive operations elsewhere."

1948 The Israeli pound becomes legal tender

1954 Sports Illustrated publishes it's first issue

1955 Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor

1956 Adlai E Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate

1959 USSR introduces installment buying

1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus

1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')

1960 Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms

1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic

1976 In the Mindanao area of the Philippines, a 7.9 earthquake occurred near the west coast of Mindanao, about 950 kilometers south of Manila. A tsunami was generated in the Moro Gulf causing considerable damage and loss of life. It is estimated that the earthquake and tsunami killed 5,000 to 8,0000 people

1984 LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges

1985 Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn

1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks

1987 156 die as Northwest Flight 255 crashes at take off in Detroit

1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence

1988 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis

1990 Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

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