1890 Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement

1897 New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"

1899 -39ºF (-39ºC), Milligan OH (state lowest temperature record)

1899 Herbert Hoover (31st U.S. President, 1929-33), marries Lou Henry.

1899 US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley; US gets Puerto Rico & Guam

1904 Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships

1906 Britain's first modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched, it changed the battleship concept fo rthe world

1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand

1908 In England Canadian Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 rounds to defend his world heavyweight boxing title

1916 Conscription begins in Britain

1917 Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands first female professor

1923 Ink paste manufactured for first time by Standard Ink Company

1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied

1925 The first waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City IN

1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins

1927 President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference

1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress

1931 New Delhi becomes capital of India

1933 -54ºF (-48ºC), Seneca OR (state record)

1933 Dutch sea-plane bombs Dutch ship

1933 Hitler proclaims end of Marxism

1933 Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed

1933 Singing telegrams were introduced in the U.S. by the Postal Telegraph Company of New York.

1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; first unperforated ungummed US stamp

1934 First Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine

1934 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"

1935 Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new streamlined electric locomotive

1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga

1940 "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1

1940 Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM

1940 US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer

1940 US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner

1941 Anti-Nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands

1942 HMCS Spikenard (Corvette) torpedoed

1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia

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