1804 Ohio legislature passes first laws restricting free blacks movement

1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France

1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date

1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is first to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf

1850 California Exchange opens

1854 Steamship San Francisco wrecked-300 die

1855 USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops

1859 The first steamboat sails, Red River

1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter

1861 Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay

1871 A group of Chinese find a nugget at Dunolly, Victoria, called The Precious, which yields 50.418 kg of pure gold.

1874 The city of Winnipeg holds first civic election. Only 304 voters were registered, but 331 ballots are cast. go figure

1875 CDR Edward Lull begins expedition to locate best ship canal route across Panama.

1875 Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris

1875 President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg MS

1888 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established

1895 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent

1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays

1903 San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use

1904 England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68

1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara

1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates

1909 Colombia recognizes Panama's independence

1911 Portuguese expel Jesuits

1911 San Francisco has it's first air meet

1913 Inspector-General of Imperial Forces Ian Hamilton arrives in Quebec to inspect Canadian troops.

1914 James Cox of Ford Motor Co announces wages will jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day

1916 Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro

1918 British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace

1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party

1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege

1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings

1925 Nellie T. Ross becomes the first female governor in the US, succeeding her late husband as governor of Wyoming.

1925 Nellie Taylor Ross became Governor of Wyoming, first woman governor in USA

1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office

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