1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, the first elective US governing body
1729 City of Baltimore founded
1733 Society of Freemasons opens first American lodge in Boston
1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for first time
1822 James Varick becomes first bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church
1836 The first English newspaper published in Hawaii
1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1863 Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater
1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Naval Treaty" (BG)
1898 "Scientific America" carried the first magazine automobile ad. The Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH invited readers to "Dispense with a Horse."
1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera
1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris
1909 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
1909 US Army accepts delivery of first military airplane
1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley
1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra
1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ
1918 Units of First Marine Aviation Force arrive at Brest, France
1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila
1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1928 George Eastman demonstrates first color movie
1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo
