1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out

1775 The first naval battle of Revolution-Unity (Am) captures Margaretta (Br)

1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights

1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old

1792 Capt. George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC

1812 Napoleon Bonapart invades Russia

1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass

1838 Territory of Iowa organized

1838 The Iowa Territory is organized in the U.S.

1845 George Abernethy becomes first governor of Oregon Country

1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Ky

1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered

1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms

1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France

1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)

1897 In Assam. India a 8.7 earthquake caused caused the complete devastation of over 9,000 square miles and was felt over 1.75 million square miles. Over 1500 deaths

1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe. Negligible death toll

1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control

1898 The Philippines declare their independence from Spain.

1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power

1901 Victorians trapped in surprise attack at Wilmansrust

1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city

1913 "The Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released

1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family

1918 The first airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France

1920 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)

1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above the ground in NYC

1931 Al Capone is indicted for violating Prohibition laws.

1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] &United Air Lines

1935 Chaco War ends between Bolivia &Paraguay [?]

1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa

1937 USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continued

1939 The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. is dedicated.

1940 HMS CALYPSO, sunk Eastern Mediterranean, south of Crete by 1 torpedo from Italian submarine 'Bagnolini'.

1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City

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