1450 Jack Cade slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI

1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)

1690 Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland

1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II

1774 Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence

1806 The Holy Roman Empire that has existed since Christmas of 800 ends in the Confederation of the Rhine organized under French auspices

1812 US forces led by Gen Hull invade Canada (War of 1812)

1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass

1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor

1871 North America's first public narrow gauge railway, the Toronto and Nipissing, is opened for traffic between Toronto and Uxbridge. The 3'6" gauge line was converted to standard by 1884.

1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded

1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "The Gloria Scott" (BG)

1876 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #164 Eva

1882 The first ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC

1900 114ø F (46ø C), Basin, Wyoming (state record)

1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France

1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes)

1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola

1912 The first foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC

1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox

1915 Army orders harvest furloughs to Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers still in training camps in Canada.

1920 Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuuania becomes independent rep

1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #997 Priska & #3682

1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs

1928 the first televised tennis match

1934 US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned

1941 Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain.

1944 Near Sheep Mountain, Idaho a 6.1 earthquake was recorded

1948 The first jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)

1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin

1950 ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraw

1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill

1954 Major League Baseball Players Assn founded

1957 The first President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower

1960 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence

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