1773 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)
1810 Colombia declared independence from Spain
1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va
1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign
1868 The first use of tax stamps on cigarettes
1871 British Columbia is admitted to the Dominion of Canada. One of the conditions of entry is that the Dominion Government should, within two years from the date of union, commence the construction of a railway from the Pacific towards the Rocky Mountains and from a point east of the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific to connect the seaboard of British Columbia with the railway system of Canada. Sir Sandford Fleming was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of this railway which was to be completed by 1881.
1872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless ... the radio is born
1878 The first telephone introduced in Hawaii
1881 Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops
1890 Snow & hail in Calais, ME
1894 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike
1903 Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X
1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn
1922 Togo made a mandate of the League of Nations
1930 106ø F (41ø C), Washington, DC (district record)
1934 118ø F (48ø C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record)
1937 Guglielmo Marconi dies Mr. Marconi played a major role in the development of early radio. Born in Italy, he studied engineering. Marconi began experimenting with crude radio devices at the age of 20, and he later moved to England, where he won government support for his work.
1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws
1940 Singles record charts first published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1
1942 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress
1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines
1944 Abortive attempt on Hitler's life by a group of Nazi officers.
1944 Pres FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention
1944 US invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II
1944 Von Stauffenberg fails on an attempt on Hitler's life
