0422 St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
1609 Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan (or 0911)
1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1781 Los Angeles founded in Bahia de las Fumas by 44 settlers, (Valley of Smokes)
1842 Work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
1862 North Beach &Mission Railway Company organized in SF
1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1866 The first Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king
1882 The first district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station)
1885 The first buffet in the US opens in New York City.
1885 The first cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 Geronimo is captured, ending last major US-Indian war
1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a US patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
1916 Christy Mathewson &Mordecai Brown final baseball game
1918 US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1933 The first airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4 22.4)
1939 The Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
1943 Australians land near Lae, New Guinea
1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded






