1540 England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard.

1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe

1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I

1609 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda

1615 Lake Huron is discovered by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.

1655 Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died

1849 Memmon is first clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY

1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph

1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo

1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Ezra Church

1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US

1868 14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves

1868 The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States, is adopted.

1882 The opera "Parsifal" is produced (Bayreuth)

1883 Shocks triggered by the volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000

1896 City of Miami incorporated

1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Retired Colourman"(BG)

1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

1913 US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2

1914 Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia-WW I begins

1914 Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)

1914 World War I begins as Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

1915 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings

1915 Sailors and Marines land in Haiti to restore order

1916 Navy establishes a Code and Signal Section which initially worked against German ciphers and tested the security of communications during U.S. naval training maneuvers.

1920 Pancho Villa, bandito and revolutionary, surrenders to the Mexican government.

1926 Team of scientists from Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Carnegie Institution determine height of the Ionosphere through use of radio pulse transmitter developed by NRL

1928 Olympics open at Amsterdam

1930 114ø F (46ø C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)

1931 Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem

1932 Pres Hoover evicts bonus marchers from their encampment

1933 The first singing telegram delivered to Rudy Vallee

1934 118ø F (48ø C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)

1935 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1386 Storeria

1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1485 Isa

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