1572 Supernova is observed in the constellation known as Cassiopeia
1796 Death of Catherine II at age sixty-seven.
1813 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1844 Spain grants Dominican Republic it's independence
1850 Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use
1851 U.S. Navy expedition under command of LT William Lewis Herndon, on a mission to explore the valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, reaches Iquitos in the jungle region of the upper Amazon after their departure from Lima, Peru.
1860 Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th President
1861 Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President
1862 NY-San Francisco direct telegraphic link established
1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
1885 US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Indiana) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes
1900 President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst
1911 Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico
1913 Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa
1917 Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace
1917 Cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium
1917 Prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium
1918 Republic of Poland proclaimed
1924 Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for President
1935 The British Hawker Hurrican fighter plane is flowen for the first time, it was a key factor in the air war over Britian in WWII
1936 RCA displays TV for the press
1938 Herschel Grynszpan assassinates Ernst vom Rath, third secretary of the German embassy in Paris.
