1492 Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco

1492 In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic

1715 Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to the Netherlands

1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress

1864 Sherman burns Atlanta

1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated

1881 American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)

1884 Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin

1889 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed

1920 Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection

1920 League of Nations holds first meeting, in Geneva

1944 Government approves sending members of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) to New Guinea to replace men for service in forward areas Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) were already serving in New Guinea

1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada

1954 The first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins

1957 US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 fine

1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)

1966 Gemini XII returns to Earth

1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km

1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War

1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, FL

1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran

1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka

1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage

1979 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring

1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,

1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev

1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9 die in crash at Denver

1988 PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence

1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)

1990 President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990

1901 Hearing aid patented in New York, by Miller Reese

1918 Victory' day celebrated in Britain to mark the ending of the First World War

1891 The birth of Erwin Rommel, Leading German General of WWII

1907 The birth of Count Claus von Stauffenberg, Involved in the attempt on the life of Hitler

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