1558 King Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots.

1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal

1609 Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers

1689 Montr‚al taken by Iroquois

1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded

1804 Alice Meynell becomes first woman jockey (England)

1814 British capture Washington DC (too bad we lost it)

1814 The US Library of Congress and its 3,000 books is destroyed by British troops.

1843 First Trans-Atlantic crossing by U.S. steam powered ship

1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves

1864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda

1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station

1867 Scientist Michael Faraday dies.

1875 Matthew Webb becomes first to swim English Channel (21h 45m)

1888 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title

1900 Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies in Weimar, Germany.

1902 The first Arabic language US daily newspaper begins publication in New York City.

1904 Jim Jefferies KOsJack Munroe & retains boxing heavyweight title

1908 Allen Winter wins US first $50,000 trotting race

1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage

1916 National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior

1916 The US National Park Service is established.

1919 Commercial air passenger service begins between England and Paris.

1919 The first scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)

1920 The first US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)

1921 US signs peace treaty with Germany

1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage

1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight

1940 First "parachute wedding."

1940 The first parachute wedding (how do you kiss the bride?)

1942 Battle of Milne Bay, Papua

1943 US forces overran New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II

1944 Germany Army by now has sustained 400,000 men killed, wounded or captured, plus 1,300 tanks, 1,500 artillery, and 3,500 aircraft destroyed.

1944 Paris is taken by the Allies. General De Gaulle re-establishes a presence in the capital.

1945 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine

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