1066 William the Conqueror has landed at Pevensey
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai ends in defeat for Normandy's Robert Curthose at the hands of England's Henry I who has crossed the Channel and who takes his brother home in chains
1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay
1781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War
1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
1850 Flogging in US Navy &on merchant vessels abolished
1858 Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed
1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario
1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1879 Sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route
1895 Louis Pasteur chemist, scientist developed pasteurization process, rabies vaccination; died
1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1912 "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1918 Lt. Milton Fowler Gregg (Royal Canadian Regiment) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
1922 Mussolini marches on Rome
1924 Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1928 Juan de la Cierva makes first helicopter flight over English Channel
1929 The Hudson Bay Railway reaches its northern terminus at Churchill, Manitoba. This was originally operated by Canadian National on behalf of the Government. It became part of the CN system on September 5, 1951.
1934 The Cunard-White Star Queen Mary launched at Clydebank
1937 FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944 First TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 Marines occupy islands in Palaus under cover of naval aircraft and gunfire support.
