1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
1799 American orator Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death!") dies in Charlotte County, Virginia.
1813 US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
1816 10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)
1831 2nd national black convention (Phila)
1844 The Young Men's Christian Association is founded in London. (Some 130+ years later, a group known as the Village People would gain a hit recording with "YMCA.")
1844 Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
1862 Battle of Memphis-the city is surrendered
1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1896 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
1913 Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
1914 The first air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, first US victory of WW I
1924 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica
1925 The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp
1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia
1932 US Federal gas tax enacted
1933 The first drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ) (where are they now?)
1933 US Employment Service created
