1856 Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs CA

1856 Dr. John Veatch discovers Borax (hydrated sodium borate), still popular as a hand and laundry cleaner in the 1950s and 1960s.

1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto

1870 US mint at Carson City NV begins issuing coins

1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent & Henry Morton Stanley

1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz

1889 Dr Herman Hollerith receives first US patent for a tabulating machine (1st Computer)

1892 A hundred workers die in a mine explosion in McAlister, Oklahoma.

1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire

1900 The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but the British hold fast.

1901 New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes

1901 The first American Bowling Congress tournament begins in Chicago, Illinois.

1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen

1908 Subway transit service between Brooklyn and Manhattan begins.

1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy

1917 Canadian actress Mary Pickford, born Gladys Smith in Toronto, stars in a new silent film, Pride of the Clan

1918 Mississippi becomes first state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)

1918 President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WWI

1923 Larry Storch, comedian, actor F Troop was born

1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam

1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia

1929 The first telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies

1930 Belgium Princess Marie-José marries Italian's crown prince Umberto

1932 Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter

1935 Citizen are jailed for failing to salute in Strazsund, Germany.

1935 Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy

1937 -50ºF (-45.6ºC), San Jacinto NV (state record)

1937 Shirley Bassey, singer James Bond themes Goldfinger, Diamond’s Are Forever was born

1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (1st innings)

1940 Great Britain begins the rationing of meat, butter, and sugar to help the war effort during WWII.

1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns

1941 Federal Minister Ian Mackenzie announces that the RCMP will be registering all Japanese Canadians in British Columbia; a national security matter under the War Measures Act. They are later moved inland to detention camps.

1947 General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State

1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game

1948 A.G.L. 'Andy' McNaughton 1887-1966 appointed permanent delegate to United Nations, and Canada's representative on UN Security Council.

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