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

1962 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title

1962 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup

1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in the US

1973 3-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days

1973 Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium

1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park

1978 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die

1981 Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Phila)

1981 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice

1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)

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