1402 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army

1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique

1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area

1756 146 Brit soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die

1779 Battle of Stone Ferry

1782 Congress approves Great Seal of US & the eagle as it's symbol

1789 Oath of the Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken

1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution

1793 Eli Whitney applies for a cotton gin patent

1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin

1895 A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe

1895 First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)

1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador & Honduras form a short-lived confederation

1900 A "Boxer Rebellion" rocks China beginning when foreign legations at Beijing are besieged by members of a militia force

1907 First Portland Rose festival

1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal

1911 NAACP incorporates (NY)

1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott

1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed

1921 29.2 cm (11.5") of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record)

1926 Mordecai W Johnson becomes first black president of Howard University

1936 Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2

1939 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga

1939 Test flight of first rocket plane using liquid propellants

1942 Japanese submarine shells isolated Estevan Point on Vancouver Island, with little damage; only time Canadian land territory under fire in World War II

1943 National Congress of Racial Equality organizes

1943 New Qu‚bec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Qu‚bec (3« km dia)

1943 Ungava Bay Quebec, Chubb sights the New Quebec Crater; one of the world's largest, at 403 metres deep and nearly 11 km around.

1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency

1947 Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act

1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV

1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit

1959 Escuminac New Brunswick a severe storm in Northumberland Strait sinks 22 boats, drowns 35 fishermen.

1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France

1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income

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