1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to the English against the French

1771 Spain agrees to cede Falkland Islands to Britain.

1771 Spain ceded the Falkland Islands to Britain.

1813 Major General Henry Proctor leads 500 soldiers and militia, with Tecumseh's 800 Indians from Amherstburg, in a counterattack across the frozen Detroit River after his defeat 4 days earlier. He recaptures the River Raison post, and defeats 900 US troops led by Brig. Gen. James Winchester, capturing Winchester and 500 Americans

1840 The first British colonists arrive at Port Nicholson, New Zealand.

1874 Liberal Alexander Mackenzie 1822-1892 defeats John A. Macdonald in the second Canadian general election, 138 seats to 67

1874 Louis Riel 1844-1885 elected as the member of Parliament for Provencher in Manitoba. He will be prevented from taking his seat by a warrant for his arrest sworn in Ontario, for the murder of Thomas Scott.

1878 Canada wins right to decide whether or not to be included in British trade treaties

1899 Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill.

1901 Queen Victoria of Britain died at age 82 after a reign of 64 years.

1901 Victoria, Queen of England, dies at age 82.

1905 In what is called the "Bloody Sunday" incident, Cossacks and Imperial Army troops in St Petersburg, Russia, massacre more than 100 peaceful protesters.

1906 US steamer Valencia wrecked on a reef off the coast of Vancouver Island; 126 passengers and crew die at sea;

1922 Pope Benedict the 15th dies and is succeeded by Pius the 11th.

1931 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as Australia's first Australian-born governor-general.

1938 Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, debuts in Princeton, New Jersey.

1943 American and Australian troops took New Guinea in the first land victory over the Japanese in World War II.

1944 Allied forces begin their beach assault at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.

1944 American troops invaded Italy, landing at Anzio beach in a move to outflank German defensive positions.

1945 HMCS Trentonian (Corvette) torpedoed

1947 Hollywood station KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins broadcasting.

1951 The Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea

1953 Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, opens on Broadway.

1968 The comedy television show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on the NBC network.

1970 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its first regularly scheduled commercial flight on a route from New York to London.

1973 Former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) dies at age 64.

1973 In the Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy.

1973 The Supreme Court announces the famous Roe versus Wade decision, legalizing abortion (in the first six months of pregnancy) in the U.S.

1984 Passengers escape when the ferry Karrabee sinks at its moorings in Circular Quay after coming third in annual Sydney ferry race.

1985 A cold wave damaged 90 percent of the Florida citrus crop.

1987 Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.

1988 In Northern Territory, Australia a 6.9 earthequake occured with damage in the Tennant Creek area. Felt over two-thirds of Australia.

1988 Two earthquakes, one registering 7.0 on the Richter scale, cause 20km fault near Tennant Creek, northern Australia.

1989 In Tajikistan a 5.3 earthquake occured, two hundred seventy-four people killed, many injured, extensive damage (VII) and mudslides in the Gissar area

1990 Graduate student Robert T. Morris is convicted in federal court for unleashing a malicious "worm" on a computer network.

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