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)

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

1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established

1934 The Securities and Exchange Commission is established.

1936 Aviation gasoline first produced commercially Paulsboro NJ

1940 HMS WRESTLER, damaged off Normandy beaches, northern France in English Channel by German mine.

1941 The first US navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched

1942 Japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway.

1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway

1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich

1942 The first nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)

1944 Allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II.

1944 D-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

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