1898 Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha
1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
1907 -27ø F (-33ø C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
1911 The first US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ
1915 The first Zeppelin air raid over England
1915 The National Transcontinental Railway is completed between Moncton and Winnipeg via Edmundston, Quebec and Senneterre. Because of the high cost the Grand Trunk refused to lease the line which was operated as a component of the Canadian Government Railways until the formation of the Canadian National System.
1921 Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
1938 Superman Comics launched
1939 British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
1939 The first televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova
1941 31.98 cm (12.59") rainfall, Burlington, Kansas (state 24-hr record)
1941 Germany bans all Catholic publications
1941 HMS CALCUTTA (AA)sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, north west of Alexandria, Egypt by 2 bombs from German Ju88 bombers.255 survivors
1942 Treblinka opens.
1943 Actor Leslie Howard dies today when a civilian flight from Lisbon to London is shot down by the Germans during WWII, killing all on board.
1947 The OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
1949 The first magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1951 S Arend discovers asteroids #1592 Mathieu & #1593 Fagnes
1958 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
1959 Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1960 Lester Patrick NHL coach/star, dies at 76
1962 Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
