1648 Peace of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire

1795 Poland Ceases to Exist. Country is divided between Prussia, Austria, and Russia,

1851 William Lassell discovers Ariel andUmbriel, satellites of Uranus

1856 Constitution of South Australia adopted

1857 World's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., founded in England

1861 First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express

1871 Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese

1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League

1901 First woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)

1903 George Sutton becomes billiard champ

1903 The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed. In order to expand into Western Canada the Grand Trunk Railway agrees to build a line from Moncton, New Brunswick to Quebec, then on a more northerly route than on any other transcontinental line to a point on the British Columbia Coast, which was to become Prince Rupert. The part between Moncton and Winnipeg was to be known as the National Transcontinental Railway and was to be built by the government. The line west of Winnipeg, to be known as the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, was to be built by the Grand Trunk itself.

1911 Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole

1929 "Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash

1931 George Washington Bridge connecting NY to NJ opens

1935 Italy invades Ethiopia

1939 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"

1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (Wilmington Delaware)

1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)

1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball

1942 Start of second El Alamein battle, Egypt

1943 Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting

1944 In air-sea battle in the Sibuyan Sea, carrier aircraft attack Japanese Center Force.

1945 United Nations Charter becomes effective

1947 Series of forest fires burn $30 million of timber (New England States)

1951 United Nations publishes its first postage stamps

1952 Arab Liberation Movement becomes the only party of Syria

1956 Soviet troops invade Hungary

1958 USS Kleinsmith (APD-134) evacuates U.S. nationals from Nicaro, Cuba.

1960 Disaster on USSR launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (unconfirmed); USSR claims he was killed in plane crash

1962 U.S. Military Forces put on High Alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis,

1964 Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on œ50 bail

1969 Elizabeth Taylor receives from Richard Burton a diamond ring weighing more than 69 carats and worth more than $1,000,000

1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile

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