1906 Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter

1907 Timothy Eaton, founder of the T. Eaton Company of Canada, dies; an innovative retailer, he maintained fixed prices and cash sales, with satisfaction guaranteed

1911 Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site

1912 In Prince William Sound, Alaska one of the Largest Earthquakes inthe United States measured at 7.0

1915 The first (German) poison gas attack, against Russians

1916 Dutch Girl Guides form

1917 Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship

1920 Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates

1920 The first Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (New York City NY) begins publication

1922 West of Eureka, California One of the Largest Earthquakes of the United States measured at 7.3

1925 Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes President of Angola

1927 International allies military command in Germany disbands

1928 Scotch tape first marketed by 3-M Company

1929 Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey

1932 US railway unions accept 10% wage reduction

1933 French government of Daladier takes power

1933 Hitler promises parliamentary democracy

1934 FDR devalues the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce

1935 30.5 cm (12.0") of rain falls, Quinault RS WA (state record)

1936 "Green Hornet" radio show is first heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit

1936 The Green Hornet makes its broadcast premiere today on Detroit, Michigan radio station WXYZ.

1941 Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands

1941 Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1943 Chile breaks contact with Germany &Japan

1943 General Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad

1944 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June

1944 U-592 sunk off Ireland

1944 U.S. forces begin their invasion of Kwajalein Atoll and the Marshall Islands, during WWII.

1944 US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll

1945 Eddie Slovik, first American executed for desertion since Civil War

1945 US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath

1946 Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic

1947 Whitehorse, Yukon Territory temperature of -52 C (62 degrees below zero Fahrenheit) recorded; record low for all of Canada

1948 Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway

1949 The first daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)

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