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

1950 A Canadian Troop Train carrying 300 soldiers on their way to Korea cllides head-on with a freight train near Canoe River B.C. 21 die

1952 First US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced

1952 The first US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced

1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax

1954 Actress Goldie Hawn is born

1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet

1959 Max Baer US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49

1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)

1967 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet

1968 Supremes &Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"

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