0235 St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0496 St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1620 The Mayflower reaches Cap Cod
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 Pilstre de Rozier &Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered
1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1848 Cincinatti Turngemeinde founded
1871 Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention
1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
1902 Hocky broadcaster Foster Hewitt is born
1916 Franz Josef of Austria, dies
1929 Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali had his first exhibit
1933 The first US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1933 US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1935 First ommercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1935 The first commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1937 On this day, Howard E. Coffin, who founded the Hudson Motor Company along with Joseph L. Hudson in 1909, died from an accidental gunshot wound at Sea Island Beach in Georgia at the age of 64
1941 Juanita Spellini first woman executed in California
1942 Alcan Highway Completed (Road to Alaska)
1945 General Motors workers go on strike
1946 Harry Truman becomes first US President to travel in a submerged sub
