1492 Crewman on the Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
1493 Columbus sails on 2nd voyage to America
1513 Vasco Nu¤ez de Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
1639 First printing press in America
1690 Publick Occurrences, first US (Boston) newspaper, publish first & last ed
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
1804 12th amendment to the US constitution, regulating judicial power
1861 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (BG)
1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif)
1890 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)
1919 Pres Wilson becomes seriously ill and collapses after a speech
1926 Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week
1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states
1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive game
1934 Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1940 Cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico
1942 2,000 Jews are deported to Treblinka after a Jewish council chairman, Abraham Gamzu, refuses Gestapo demands to deliver Jews.
1942 Japanese withdrawal begins along Owen Stanley Trail starts
1956 First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation
1957 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
1957 Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced
1962 A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
