1540 England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled

1595 Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe

1749 Edward Cornwallis c1713-1753 founds new settlement of Halifax founded as naval settlement to counter the French fort at Louisbourg.

1755 British Gen E Braddock mortally wounded during French & Indian War

1776 Dec of Ind read aloud to Gen Washington's troops in NY

1791 Third Fleet arrives in Australia from England, HMS Queen bringing first Irish convicts to be transported.

1800 Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in US

1803 Navigator Matthew Flinders returns to Sydney after voyage around Australia in the brig Investigator.

1810 France annexes Holland following the abdication and flight of Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who has been king since 1806 but refused to join Napoleon's Continental system

1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain

1846 Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (SF) for US

1850 President Zachary Taylor , the twelfth president of the United States, died from an attack of cholera morbus, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmor

1853 Adm Perry & US Navy visit Japan

1853 Commodore Perry Sails in Tokyo Bay representing the U.S. government, sailed into Tokyo Bay, Japan, with a squadron of four vessels

1860 Temperature hits 115ø F in Ft Scott & 112ø F in Topeka Kansas

1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Ky

1863 Union troops enter Port Hudson

1868 The first black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)

1872 Doughnut cutter patented by John Blondel, Thomaston, Me

1875 Francis Preston Blair Jr famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54

1877 The All-England Croquet Club at Wimbledon staged the world's first lawn tennis championship on

1878 An improved corncob pipe patented by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo

1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis

1887 The first paper napkins are introduced at a dinner at a British hotel by John Dickenson, a stationery manufacturer.

1893 Daniel H Williams performs "world's first successful heart coperation"

1900 Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act is enacted by the United Kingdom Parliament.

1900 Queen Victoria gives assent to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,

1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #487 Venetia

1910 Walter Brookins becomes first to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude

1914 The first US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY

1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa

1916 The first cargo submarine to cross the Atlantic arrives in US from Germany

1917 British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800

1918 101 killed & 171 injured in worst US train wreck, Nashville, Tenn

1918 US Army's Distinguished Service Cross authorized

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