1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick PA

1907 Julia Ward Howe is first woman elected to National Institute of Arts &Letters

1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem

1915 Giordano, Sardou &Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gêne" premieres in New York City NY

1915 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco)

1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary

1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets

1919 Founding of League of Nations, first meeting 1 year later

1923 NVV donates ƒ100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied

1924 The first Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France

1929 Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales vs Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours

1932 Bradman scores 167 New South Wales vs Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours

1932 Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough speaks to the Lieutenant Governor of each province, to inaugurate the Trans-Canada telephone system.

1932 The first commencement exercises at Hebrew University in Jerusalem

1937 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13

1937 Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on NBC radio

1939 Earthquake hits Chillán Chile, 10,000 killed

1939 Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1940 Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland

1945 Grand Rapids MI becomes first US city to fluoridate its water

1945 Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths

1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma

1946 United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor

1947 Mobster Al Capone dies at age 48.

1948 Investors Syndicate of Canada incorporates Investors Mutual of Canada Ltd.; Canada's first public mutual fund will be first sold to the public in 1950

1949 The first Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins

1950 73ºF (23ºC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January

1951 UN begins counter offensive in Korea

1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs West Indies at the SCG

1953 In Liverpool, the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada destroyed in a dockside fire; used as a troop ship during World War II.

1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years

1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree &breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race

1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany

1955 US &Panama sign canal treaty

1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)

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