1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace

1715 The first English patent granted to an American, for processing corn

1758 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)

1766 Pope Clement XIII warns On the dangers of anti-Christian writings

1770 Explorer Samuel Hearne returns to Prince of Wales fort on Hudson Bay after failing to reach the Coppermine River

1783 Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in US

1805 The opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance

1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa

1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee

1864 Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails

1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite

1875 Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway

1884 John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk

1885 The first Canadian National Park is established at Banff as Rocky Mountains Park

1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis

1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springfield, IL

1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in the White House

1920 Gaston Chevrolet, the younger brother of famous automobile designer and racer Louis Chevrolet, was killed during a race in Beverly Hills, California

1930 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)

1933 The first Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)

1937 Germany and Japan sign political and military treaty.

1940 Patria steamer sinks killing 200, outside of Haifa

1941 HMS BARHAM sunk North of Sidi Barrani by 3 torpedoes from German U-331.

1944 A German V-2 missile hit a Woolworth's department store in New Cross Road, Deptford, killing 160 midday shoppers. The V-2 was a recent innovation in German ammunition

1947 New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion

1948 Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed

1950 The 2nd Batallion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry sails for the Korean War

1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock AL

1957 President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech

1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community

1960 The first atomic reactor for research &development, Richland Wa

1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,

1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time

1969 John Lennon returns his MBE

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