0891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1716 First lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
1752 England and colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear
1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow
1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1847 US troops under General Scott enter Mexico City
1848 Alexander Stewart opens the first US dept store
1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
1872 Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War
1886 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7hours 5 min.
1899 Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality (NY)
1914 HMA Submarine AE1 lost off New Guinea
1917 Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed
1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain
1930 After stormtroopers terrorize political opponents, Nazi seats in Reichstag rise from 12 to 107.
1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire
1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight
1940 Congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
1942 HMCS OTTAWA (RCN, ex 'Crusader'), sunk east of Newfoundland by 1 torpedo from German U.91.
1942 HMS COVENTRY (AA), sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Alexandria, Egypt by German Ju87 divebombers.
1942 HMS SIKH, sunk off Tobruk, eastern Libya - by German shore batteries. during landings Royal Marines for British combined operations raid on Tobruk
1942 HMS ZULU,sunk NW of Alexandria, Egypt (c 32-00'N, 29-00'E) - by Italian/German force of Ju87 and Ju88 bombers, while returning to Alexandria after combined operations raid on Tobruk
1944 United States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine.
1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters
