Jun 16 Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif

Jun 06 George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic

Jun 02 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio

Jun 15 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed

Jun 11 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized

Jun 04 Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit

Jun 07 G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)

Jun 30 The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director

Dec 01 The First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York

Dec 15 Herman Hollerith, inventor of the tabulating machine used in the 1890 U.S. census, was saved from financial ruin when the Russian government contracted his tabulating machine for their census

Dec 14 James Doolittle aviator U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born

Dec 14 James Doolittle aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born

Dec 29 First issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published.

Dec 06 The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George

Dec 30 Montreal Victorias beat Winn Victorias 6-5 for the Stanley Cup

Aug 01 George Samuelson completes rowing the Atlantic (New York to England)

Aug 29 The Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City.

Aug 17 Gold is discovered on Klondike River

Aug 27 Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9 02 AM-9 40 AM)

Aug 29 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador

Aug 17 Gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada

Aug 20 Dial telephone patented

Aug 27 Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)

Oct 08 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks

Oct 01 Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)

Oct 27 The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii

Jul 08 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention

Jul 19 The birth of A.J Cronin, Scottish novelist

Jul 13 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game

Jul 28 City of Miami incorporated

Mar 02 George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs South Africa at Johannesburg

Mar 20 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens

Mar 14 Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)

Mar 01 Battle of Adua 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians

Mar 20 Uprising in Matabeleland

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