1314 Battle of Bannockburn; Scotland regains independence from England

1322 Jews are expelled from France

1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI

1497 John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England

1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England

1535 Anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded

1540 Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves

1647 Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council

1650 England's Charles II returns from the Continent, landing in Scotland. He signs the National Covenant and is proclaimed king, but he is defeated September 3 at the Battle of Dunbar by Oliver Cromwell

1662 Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed

1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia

1793 The first republican constitution in France adopted

1813 Battle of Beaver Dam-British &Indian forces defeat US forces

1841 Fordham University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx

1852 J R Hind discovers asteroid #18 Melpomene

1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US

1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico

1894 Decision to begin modern Olympics every 4 years

1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas

1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba

1908 A Kopff discovers asteroids #663 Gerlinde ʘ Judith

1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #789 Lena

1915 800 die as excursion steamer Eastland capsizes in Chicago

1916 The most lucrative movie contract to the time was signed by actress, Mary Pickford. She inked the first sevenfigure Hollywood deal.

1920 Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR

1930 The first radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC

1932 Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand

1939 Pan Am's first US to England flight

1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II

1946 29.77 cm (11.72") of rainfall, Mellen, Wisc. (state 24-hr record)

1947 Looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington.

1948 Berlin, Germany was completely isolated from the outside world. Joseph Stalin, premier of Soviet Russia, who had already cut rail and road access to the city three months earlier, now blocked all ground and water access and cut electricity to the Western sector. Within a few days, the great Berlin Airlift began. U.S. planes dropped up to 13,000 tons of goods per day for the next 10 months

1948 Republican Natl Convention in Phila nominates NY gov Thomas Dewey

1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes first network western (NBC)

1949 Cargo airlines first licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board

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