1875 International Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty

1879 The Department of Railways and Canals comes into effect with a Minister having jurisdiction over all railways pertaining to the Dominion Government. Previously this function had been covered by the Department of Public Works.

1882 St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens

1892 George Sampson patents clothes dryer

1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy & Austria-Hungary forms

1895 The first commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)

1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris France (lasted 5 months)

1902 Cuba gains independence from Spain and establishes a republic

1902 US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends

1910 Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII

1911 Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs Sussex

1915 Bataafsche Petroleum begins oil extraction of Maracaibo

1916 Codell KS hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918)

1916 Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting

1917 Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa

1918 The first electrically propelled warship (the New Mexico)

1919 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550

1922 "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90

1923 Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK

1926 Belgian Government of Jaspar takes power

1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots & planes

1926 Railway Labor Act became law

1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies

1927 At 7 40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris

1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY to begin his historic solo flight to Paris

1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda)

1930 The first airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot

1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot

1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland first woman fly solo across Atlantic

1932 Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin her historic solo flight to Ireland

1932 Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria

1939 "3 Little Fishies" by Kay Kyser hits #1

1939 Pan Am begins regular transatlantic airmail and passenger service across the North Atlantic

1939 The first regular transatlantic airmail service begins (NY to Marsseille France)

1940 Concentration camp is established at Auschwitz.

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