1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola

1777 Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by the British

1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain

1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification

1854 The steamship liner Arctic sinks in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 300 people

1863 Jo Shelby's calvery in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas

1877 John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti

1889 New York's first real skyscraper opens at 50 Broadway with 13 stories

1894 New York's Aqueduct horse racing track opens.

1910 The first test flight of a twin-engined airplance (France)

1918 Lt. George Fraser Kerr (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France

1918 Lt. Graham T. Lyall (102 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France

1918 Lt. Samuel L. Honey (78th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, France

1919 Democratic National Committee votes to admit women

1923 Lou Gehrig's first homer

1928 US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government

1930 Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf

1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game

1937 The first Santa Claus school opens (Albion NY)

1938 Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow

1939 Warsaw, Poland, falls to German and Russian troops during WWII.

1939 Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance

1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces

1940 Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.

1941 33,771 Jews are killed by Germans and Ukranians at Babi Yar outside Kiev.

1941 First WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched

1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis

1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan

1954 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools

1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premiers

1954 The Tonight Show, starring Steve Allen, debuts on NBC-TV.

1959 Nearly 5000 people die when a typhoon hits the Japanese island of Honshu.

1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit

1959 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000

1961 Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN

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