1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean

1795 The United States Mint hires females for the first time

1802 The first non indian settlement in Oklahoma

1845 The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis

1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell

1854 US Assay Office in New York City, NY opens

1857 American Chess Association formed (NYC)

1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball

1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain

1868 Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba

1874 Fiji becomes a British possession

1877 General Custer's funeral is held at West Point

1886 The first tuxedo jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY

1888 Teetotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)

1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed

1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus

1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix completing the Panama Canal

1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I)

1924 James Clavell is born (author of Shogun, Noble House, Tai-Pan)

1932 "Betty & Bob" premiers on radio

1933 The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed

1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway

1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland

1939 Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich.

1941 The resienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia is established.

1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China

1955 The carrier Saipan with Helicopter Training Unit HTU-1 aboard, left Tampico, Mexico, after a week of disaster relief operations for the inhabitants of the area. During these operations, the helicopters rescued 5,439 people

1957 Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant

1959 First Global Airline service is announced by Pan American World Airways

1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards

1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court

1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR

1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo

1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd

1968 Lee Evans of the US sets 400 meter record at 43.86

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