1501 Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral

1586 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia

1661 Parliament confirms the Navigation Act

1689 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie

1694 Bank of England chartered

1694 The Bank of England receives a royal charter as a commercial institution.

1789 Congress establishes the Department of Foreign Affairs, later to become the U.S. Department of State.

1809 Sir Arthur Wellesley has defeated the Spanish king Joseph Bonaparte at Talavera de la Reina and been made duke of Wellington for his triumph

1816 Fort Blount on Apalachicola Bay Fla, attacked by US Troops

1844 Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC

1861 Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army

1862 Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico

1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)

1866 Cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts).

1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene

1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out

1897 37.5 cm (14.75") of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)

1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dancing Men" (BG)

1905 J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa

1908 A Kopff discovers asteroid #668 Dora

1909 Orville Wright tests first US Army airplane, flying 1h12m

1918 Socony 200, first concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY

1919 Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured)

1920 Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup

1924 8th Olympic games closes in Paris

1933 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar

1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia

1940 Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts

1940 Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon A Wild Hare.

1941 Japanese forces land in Indo-China

1942 Formation of Australian Women's Land Army

1944 The first British jet fighter used in combat (Gloster Meteor)

1944 US regains possession of Guam from Japanese

1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak

1949 Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »