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.

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)

1957 The USSR announces its first successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

1957 USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile

1961 Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto

1964 LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ

1970 Guitar guru Jimi Hendrix opens his Electric Ladyland recording studio in New York City.

1972 Opening ceremonies usher in the summer Olympics games in Munich, West Germany.

1972 Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany

1973 David Eisenhower last sports column

1973 U of Tx (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing

1974 Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies in Hawaii at age 72.

1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3

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