1881 De Lesseps' Company begins work on Panama Canal

1888 Louisville KY becomes first government in US to adopt Australian ballot

1888 The 494 mile long Northern and Northwestern Railway is acquired by the GTR.

1891 French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Diéna West Sudan

1894 Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)

1895 Cuban war of independence begins

1896 Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27

1902 Battle at Yzer Spruit Boer General De la Rey beats British

1903 Cuba agrees to allow the U.S. to operate a naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

1905 Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed

1914 Frank Craven's "Too Many Cooks," premieres in New York NY

1917 German plan to get Mexican help in WWI exposed (Zimmerman telegram)

1917 Russian revolution breaks out

1918 Estonia declares independence from Russia

1920 NSDAP begins at Hofbräuhaus Münich

1920 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence

1921 The first transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida

1923 Flying Scotsman goes into rail service betweem London and Scotland

1923 Mass arrests in US of Mafia

1924 Greek parliament proclaims republic

1924 Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100 meter record (57 2/5 seconds)

1924 Mahatma Gandhi released from jail

1925 Thermit explosive first used to break up ice jam, Waddington NY

1933 Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin

1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria

1937 First US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington DC

1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles

1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"

1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague

1941 Anti Nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam

1942 The Struma, a small cattle boat with 769 refugees heading illegally towards Palestine, is torpedoed, leaving one survivor.

1942 Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)

1943 General-Major Bradley flies to Algiers

1943 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WWII

1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war

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