1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops
1870 Virginia rejoins the Union, following the end of the Civil War.
1871 British Rugby Union forms
1871 US income tax repealed
1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1881 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl
1882 France government of Gambetta falls
1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
1887 Battle of Dogali Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
1905 World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
1907 The first federal corrupt election practices law passed
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots first successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
1918 President Hoover calls for "wheatless" &"meatless" days for war effort
1920 Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
1924 Parliament approves the Red Ensign as Canada's official flag for government buildings at home and abroad
1926 Television first demonstrated (John L Baird, London)
