0701 St Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1513 Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland

1739 Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)

1776 Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "United States"

1839 John Herschel takes the 1st glass plate photograph

1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300

1850 California becomes the 31st state admitted to the US.

1850 New Mexico and Utah become US territories.

1850 Territories of New Mexico &Utah created

1862 Lee splits his army &sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry

1867 Luxembourg gains independence

1875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny &Market) dedicated

1880 President Hayes visits SF

1892 Almalthea, 5th moon of Jupiter, discovered by EE Barnard at Lick

1901 French painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec dies.

1904 New York City employs mounted police for the first time.

1906 Cpl. Leo Clark (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Pozières France

1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

1911 The first airmail service (British Post Office)

1912 J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)

1919 Boston's police force goes on strike

1926 National Broadcasting Co created by the Radio Corporation of America

1926 NBC radio, part of RCA, is incorporated.

1942 The first bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Or (WW2)

1943 Italy surrenders to the Allies

1943 The Allies land in the Naples area.

1944 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg

1944 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (often referred to as the invasion of Bulgaria by Russia) (National Day)

1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies

1948 North Korea (The People's Democratic Republic of Korea) is created.

1948 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

1950 The first use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune

1956 Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, drawing a TV audience estimated at over 50 million.

1957 Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited

1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy)

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