1610 The first Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island

1639 The first American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)

1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree

1719 Battle of Glenshiel which saw the end of a minor Jacobite rising. Only 1000 men joined the Jacobite side under the 10th Earl Marischal. Faced by a Hanovarian army under General Wightman, after some hours of engagement, the Jacobite forces disbanded

1720 Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning

1760 NY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine

1776 The Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.

1801 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute

1809 The first US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila

1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire

1848 The first telegraph link between NYC &Chicago

1854 Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved

1854 The U.S. Naval Academy holds its first graduation in Annapolis, Maryland.

1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds

1864 Siege of Petersburgbegins and lasts until April 2, 1865

1869 S.S.Agnes arrives in New Orleans with first ever shipment of frozen beef

1898 US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War

1899 Improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati

1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan

1905 The first forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me

1909 A Morse Code SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency as the Cunard liner SS Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores.

1916 Great Arab Revolt begin

1932 The first demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass

1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome

1935 Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City.

1935 Dr Robert Smith &William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous

1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain while Canada declares war on Italy.

1941 Recruitment commenced for the Torres Strait Defence Force to be drawn from the indigenous population of the Torres Strait Islands The Force included the Torres Strait Regiment

1942 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173

1943 FDR becomes first US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime

1943 FDR signs withholding tax bill into law (this is W-2 Day!)

1943 Lieutenant Commander F. A. Erickson, USCG, proposed that helicopters be developed for antisubmarine warfare, "not as a killer craft but as the eyes and ears of the convoy escorts." To this end he recommended that helicopters be equipped with radar and dunking sonar.

1945 9th Division supported by the RAAF lands at Brunei Bay, beginning the invasion of British North Borneo

1946 Italian Republic established

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