1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain
1439 Kissing is banned in England
1548 La Paz, Bolivia is founded
1769 Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, first mission in Calif
1775 John Adams graduates Harvard
1790 The District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.
1798 US Public Health Service established & US Marine Hospital authorized
1845 The New York Yacht Club hosted the first American boating regatta.
1862 David G Farragut became first rear admiral in US Navy
1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #371 Bohemia
1894 Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners
1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England
1898 A Charlois discovers asteroid #437 Rhodia
1904 Islands of the Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs
1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #702 Alauda
1912 Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo
1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske
1918 Nicholas II Russian tsar, and family are executed
1920 Gen Amos Fries appointed first US army chemical warfare chief
1920 US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches
1926 The first underwater color photographs appeared in " National Geographic" magazine
1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
1934 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1334 Lundmarka
1935 The first automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok
1936 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri
