1631 Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
1775 Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
1805 Lewis and Clark sighthte Pacific Ocean
1865 London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded
1872 Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later
1874 The first cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast
1875 Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
1885 The last spike is driven in the first Canadian transcontinental main line at Craigellachie B.C. in the Eagle Pass. Van Horne makes his famous fifteen-word speech "All I can say is that the work has been well done in every way".
1900 Lt. Hampden Z.C. Cockburn (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa
1900 Lt. Richard E.W. Turner (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa
1900 Sgt. Edward J. G. Holland (Royal Cdn. Dragoons) wins the Victoria Cross at Leliefontein South Africa
1907 Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected President
1917 British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks
1918 Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
1918 United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed
1928 Herbert Hoover wins the election for U.S. President.
1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
1939 Germans begin expulsion of Jews from Western Poland.
1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
1944 FDR wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)
1951 Constitution of Jordan passed
1955 Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas
1962 Richard Nixon quits politics-You won't have Nixon to kick around
1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
