1861 Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians

1861 The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona

1862 Siege of Ft Donelson TN

1864 Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek &Wyatt, Mississippi

1866 Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty MO ($15,000)

1867 Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna

1886 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class

1895 Moving picture projector patented

1899 -16ºF (-27ºC), Minden LA (state record)

1899 -1ºF (-18ºC) New Orleans LA

1899 -2ºF (-19ºC) Tallahassee FL (state record)

1905 -29ºF (-34ºC) Pond AR (state record)

1905 -40ºF (-40ºC) Lebanon KS (state record)

1905 -40ºF (-40ºC) Warsaw MO (state record)

1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament &60 women are arrested

1907 Portage la Prairie Manitoba is incorporated as a city

1912 England regains cricket's Ashes

1914 American Society of Composers, Authors &Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York NY

1914 ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, is founded in New York City.

1920 League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland

1920 National Negro Baseball League organized

1920 Switzerland rejoins League of Nations

1920 Switzerland's perpetual neutrality is recognized by the League of Nations.

1923 The first Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes

1924 King Tut's tomb opened

1925 US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult

1927 Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated

1929 Cruiser Act OKs construction of 19 new cruisers &an aircraft carrier

1929 Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow

1932 "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang"

1934 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party

1935 Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap &murder of Lindbergh's infant

1935 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.

1935 The first US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland OH

1937 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail

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