0590 St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1189 England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster

1752 This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives

1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War)

1849 Calif State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey

1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality

1863 First Australian troops arrive in New Zealand

1865 Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land

1891 Cottonpickers organize union &stage strike in Texas

1891 John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti

1895 Latrobe, PA is the site of the world's first professional football game, played today between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.)

1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)

1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"

1903 Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup

1904 St Louis Olympics close

1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy, they use lead toseaal the cans!!

1916 Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun

1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917

1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die

1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title

1934 Tunisia began its move for independence

1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1935 The first automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1939 Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that, as a consequence of Britain's declaration, Australia is also at war

1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

1939 England and France declare war against Germany, during WWII.

1940 The first showing of high definition color TV

1940 US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease

1942 Ol' Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra, begins his solo singing career.

1943 Invasion of Italy by Allied forces; Italy secretly signs armistice with the Allies.

1944 Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title

1945 Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies

1951 The soap opera Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS-TV.

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