0867 Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0872 John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives

1503 Nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born

1656 Artificial pearls first manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales

1782 Charleston, SC evacuated by British

1793 First state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati

1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine

1799 George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, dies of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia

1849 First chamber music group in US gives their first concert (Boston)

1861 Prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London.

1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee

1889 American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia

1896 James Doolittle aviator U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born

1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his expedition of four companions, are the first to reach the South Pole and return safely.

1912 Canadian Pacific leases Quebec Central Railway Company, Quebec

1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain

1934 First streamlined steam locomotive introduced, Albany NY

1934 Turkish women are given the right to vote.

1939 League of Nations drops the Soviet Union

1943 Capt. Paul Triguet (Royal 22e Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Casa Berardi, Italy

1944 Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star general)

1946 The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish UN headquarters in New York.

1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of the UN

1950 UN General Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)

1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Rumania, and Spain all join the United Nations.

1959 J.B. Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 m

1962 Mariner 2 launched, makes first US visit to another planet (Venus)

1962 U.S. space probe Mariner 2 transmitted data from Venus. The spacecraft came within 22,000 miles of Venus and measured the temperature and other characteristics of the planet, and then radioed the data back to Earth.

1964 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"

1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure

1975 6 South Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days

1977 Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference

1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon

1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights

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