1483 Richard III usurps English throne

1754 Anthony Henday, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; returns June 23, 1755, having traveled as far west as present-day Red Deer, Alberta.

1797 Charles Newbold patents first cast-iron plow. Farmers fear the effects of the iron on the soil

1846 In London England, British protectionists repeal Corn Laws to raise price of wheat for British farmers; rioting in the streets; British property values fall 50%, and the Canadas will soon feel the effects.

1857 Off Cap Rouge Quebec, the Steamer Montreal catches fire and sinks in 15 minutes in the St. Lawrence; left Quebec City at 5 pm a day earlier; 253 lives lost, mostly Scottish immigrants on their way to the west.

1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulse Confederacy in Virginia

1862 Day 2 of the 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville

1870 First section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens

1900 Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever

1902 England establishes Order of Merit

1902 M Wolf & L Carnera discovers asteroid #488 Kreusa

1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the 3 Garidebs" (BG)

1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph (133 kph)

1917 The first American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I

1919 The first issue of NY Daily News published

1924 After 8 years of occupation, US troops leave the Domincan Republic

1925 In Toronto Ontario, Edward S. Ted Rogers Sr. invents the alternating-current tube which allows plug-in batteryless radios

1934 FDR signs Federal Credit Union Act establishing credit unions

1936 L Boyer discovers asteroid #2021 Poincare

1940 End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27

1940 Hundreds of Kovno Jews are taken to the "Ninth Fort" and murdered.

1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia

1943 RCAF bomber wing begins operating from North Africa; 3 squadrons; a prelude to invasions of Sicily and Italy.

1944 Port of Cherbourg falls to the Allies.

1944 U.S. Secretary of State Hull and Anthony Eden of Britain issue warnings to Hungary's Admiral Horthy. King Gustav of Sweden sends a personal protest. The International Red Cross finally takes an active interest in saving Jews.

1945 UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF

1948 US denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin

1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury

1950 In Ottawa Ontario, Minister of National Defence Brooke Claxton 1898-1960 announces invasion of Republic of Korea (South Korea) by North Korean forces June 25.

1956 Australians ambushed near Sungei Siput, Malaysia

1957 Hurricane Audrey strikes Louisiana claiming 500 lives

1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated

1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)

1959 Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ

1959 Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway

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