1778 American forces enter Philadelphia as the British withdraw during the Revolutionary War.

1812 The U.S. declares war on Great Britain, beginning what historians still remember as The War of 1812.

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington &Bl�cher

1816 Celebration of first Thanksgiving Day in Upper Canada deliverance from Americans in War of 1812.

1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg

1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults

1872 Woman's Sufferage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall

1873 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe

1892 Macademia nuts first planted in Hawaii

1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ

1899 The CP line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing is opened for traffic. This was built with subsidies afforded by the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897 which also set fixed rates on grain traffic.

1903 The first transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later

1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Her solo flight from Newfoundland to Wales took 21 hours.

1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized

1936 The first bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI

1940 The French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war.

1940 The RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France.

1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"

1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes first black ensign in US Navy

1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m

1943 Australian government announces Australia no longer threatened with invasion

1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason

1948 American Library Association adopts the Library Bill of Rights

1948 National Security Council authorizes covert operations for first time

1948 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights

1953 Australian POWs released at Panmunjon

1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president

1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen

1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt (British and French forces attempted to seize the Canal)

1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada

1959 The First telecast transmitted from England to US

1963 3,000 blacks boycot Boston public school

1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing

1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118

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