0336 St Mark ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1571 Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish and Italians in Battle of Lepanto
1737 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
1765 The Stamp Act Congress convenes in NY
1777 Americans beat Brits in 2nd Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Bemis Hts
1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC
1816 First double decked steamboat, the Washington, arrived in New Orleans
1868 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens
1871 16-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters
1886 Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1908 Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1919 First London-Amsterdam airline service begins (Brit Aerial Transport)
1924 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins
1931 First infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY
1938 Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J
1944 A new Bureau of Aeronautics color specification went into effect which provided seven different color schemes for aircraft depending upon design and use
1944 Inmates in Auschwitz rebel, one crematorium is blown up.
1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1950 US forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel
1957 "American Bandstand" premieres
1958 US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury
1959 Far side of Moon seen for First time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3
1960 "Route 66" premieres
1963 Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190
1985 First Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
