0590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster
1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives
1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)
1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1863 First Australian troops arrive in New Zealand
1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1891 Cottonpickers organize union &stage strike in Texas
1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
1895 Latrobe, PA is the site of the world's first professional football game, played today between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
1903 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1904 St Louis Olympics close
1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy, they use lead toseaal the cans!!
1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun
1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die
1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title
1934 Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1935 The first automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
