0608 St Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution
1789 Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1853 First US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1862 Stonewall Jackson takes Harpers Ferry
1885 Tthe famous circus elephant "Jumbo" is killed by a GTR freight train, hauled by locomotive no. 788 at St. Thomas. It was struck from behind while being lead along the track to be loaded into his car. Jumbo stood 12' 5" high and weighted 7 1/2 tons.
1887 Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution
1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his first airplane flight
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1916 First tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
1916 Sgt. Donal Forrester Brown, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at High Wood, Somme France
1917 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1924 Canadian National opens the 30.66 mile Long Lake Cut off from Long Lake to Nakina, Ontario.
1931 British naval force mutinies at Invergordon over pay
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship and makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1938 British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden
1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1939 Australian government announces the mobilisation of the militia and the establishment of the Second AIF for service abroad
1940 Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1947 First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
1948 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph
1949 The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV
