1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba
1492 Corn is discovered by Spanish explorers in Cuba.
1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged
1781 John Hanson elected first "President of the US in Congress assembled"
1811 El Salvador's first battle against Spain for independence
1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1852 The American Society of Civil Engineers is organized.
1872 Suffragist Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote. (She never paid the fine.)
1889 Idaho's constitution is adopted.
1895 Inventor George B. Selden receives a patent on a "road engine," the first gas-powered automobile.
1895 The first US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing first transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)
1911 First transcontinental airplane flight arrives at Pasadena, CA from New York. The flight lasted a whopping 82 hours, 4 minutes.
1911 Italy attacks Turkey, takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & President Taft (R)
1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected U.S. President, beating challenger Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent William Howard Taft.
1913 Louis III becomes King of Bavaria.
1914 Britain annexes Cyprus
1914 Britain declares war on Turkey after annexing Cyprus.
1917 Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time
1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas
1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray
1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1940 President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1942 Theatrical agent George M. Cohan dies.
