0537 St Silverius ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1215 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

1620 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)

1647 Massachusetts passes first US compulsory school attendance law

1648 Dutch and French agree to divide St Maarten, Leeward Islands

1778 Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre

1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China

1811 Cartagena Colombia declares independence from Spain

1864 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia

1865 Mary Edward Walker, the first female Army surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor

1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state

1895 Bechuanaland becomes part of the Cape Colony

1918 Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front)

1921 President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier

1922 Largest US flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')

1924 Palace of Legion of Honor dedicated (San Francisco)

1925 Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings

1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays

1933 "Great Black Blizzard",the first great dust storm of the depression arrives on the Great Plains

1935 Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD

1940 Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100

1941 Opening of the Australian War Memorial

1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France

1955 A Sikorsky HR2S helicopter, at Windsor Locks, Conn., set a speed record of 162.7 m.p.h. over a three-kilometer course

1965 Rhodesia proclaimed independence from Britain by PM Ian D Smith

1966 Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight

1968 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of "2 Virgins" album

1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic

1972 US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army

1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)

1975 Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 years)

1980 Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37

1982 Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland

1983 President Reagan became first US President to address Japan's legislature

1987 Van Gogh's paining the "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction

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