0780 -BC- first total solar eclipse reliably recorded by Chinese

1039 The Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II dies at Utrecht June 4 at age 49 and is buried in the cathedral he has started at Spires Conrad's son Henry, 21, succeeds as German king

1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

1647 British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner

1647 The English army seizes King Charles I as a hostage

1742 Quebec Quebec, Le Canada launched; first French warship built in Canada sails for Rochefort, France.

1745 Prussians defeat Austrians at Hohenfriedeberg

1763 Mackinaw Michigan, Chippewas captured Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

1783 Montgolfier brothers launch first hot-air balloon (unmanned)

1784 Mme Thible becomes first woman to fly (in a balloon)

1792 Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1812 The Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.

1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized

1862 Confederates evacuate Fort Pillow, Tenn

1871 Imperial Russian Government issues decree repealing the Manifestos of Catherine II and Alexander I, terminating, after a period of ten years' grace, the special privileges of the German colonists.

1878 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes

1878 Turkey turns Cypress over to the British.

1892 The Sierra Club is incorporated in San Francisco.

1896 Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit

1900 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba

1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses

1912 Massachusetts passes first US minimum wage law

1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda

1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill

1919 US marines invade Costa Rica

1929 George Eastman demonstrates first technicolor movie (Rochester NY)

1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #2066 Palala

1939 The S.S. St. Louis, carrying 900+ Jewish refugees from Germany, is turned away from the Florida coast. In a great tragedy, the ship is also denied permission to dock in Cuba and eventually returns to Europe. Many of the refugees later die in Nazi concentration camps.

1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops

1940 Evacuation of British Army from Dunkirk is completed.

1940 German forces enter Paris

1940 RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron posted to France.

1940 The Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, ends in World War II.

1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's first major defeat in WW II

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