1738 English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)

1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts

1791 Convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there.

1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

1795 Nootka Sound BC, the Spanish evacuate trading post at Friendly Cove to British.

1796 Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church

1797 Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine

1799 New York State abolished slavery

1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804

1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US

1849 Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate

1854 During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia

1862 Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia

1866 The first ambulance goes into service

1868 Death of the Earl of Cardigan, British general who led the ill-conceived Charge of the Light Brigade against the Russians during the Crimean War.

1885 US Salvation Army officially organized

1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville TN (state record)

1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used

1910 The first seaplane, takes off from water at Martigues France (Henri Fabre)

1917 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities

1918 Anti-conscription riots break out in Quebec City; four civilians killed in shooting match with soldiers over Easter weekend.

1920 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford

1920 Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia

1922 The first microfilm device introduced - where is the CIA?

1929 Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador

1930 Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara

1935 Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket

1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy

1942 234 RAF bombers attack Lübeck

1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire

1945 Last German V-1 (buzz bomb) attack on London

1948 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win

1952 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright

1952 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button

1953 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright

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