1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
1630 City of Boston forms
1776 Presidio of SF forms as a Spanish fort
1787 US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War
1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada
1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight
1911 First transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min
1920 National Football League organized in Canton Ohio
1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1934 First 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
1939 HMS COURAGEOUS sunk south west of Ireland by 2 torpedoes from German U.29. 514 men lost from crew of 1,260
1939 Invasion of Poland by the Red Army.
1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
1949 Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)
1953 First successful separation of Siamese twins
1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for first powered flight
1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea
1963 "The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV
1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1964 "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
