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1924  Gotthold Gloger, writer.   

1928  Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become inaugural woman to fly the Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)   

1928  Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)   

1928  Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies.   

1930  Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge   

1932  Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada.   

1933  Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob   

1934  Donald Sutherland, Canadian born film actor is born   

1936  Himmler is appointed chief of the German Police.   

1936  Kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies   

1937  Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY.   

1938  Japan declares war on China   

1938  H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies.   

1939  Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre   

1939  Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France   

1940  Chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy.   

1940  France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II   

1941  Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78.   

1942  HMS WILD SWAN, sunk in the North Atlantic off south west Ireland (c 50-00'N, 11-00'W) - by German Ju88 bombers.   

1942  The inaugural WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast).   

1942  1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)   

1943  Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs.   

1944  Iceland is recorded as becoming an independent republic   

1944  Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland.   

1944  -19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba.   

1945  Australians land at Weston, North Borneo.   

1945  Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)   

1946  SW Bell innaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis   

1946  War crime trial of Emperor Hirohito of Japan begins   

1946  SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis   

1947  1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC   

1948  Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader   

1950  The inaugural kidney transplant (Chicago).   

1950  1st kidney transplant (Chicago)   

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1239  Edward i: King of england (1272-1307)/chased jews out of england   

1603  Joseph of cupertino: Italian saint   

1604  Johan maurits: Count of nassau-siegen (maurits house)   

1682  Charles xii: King of sweden (1697-1718)   

1691  Giovanni paolo pannini: Italian painter and architect   

1693  Johann georg walch: German theologian   

1703  John b wesley: England, religion co-founder (methodists)   

1704  John kay: English inventor   

0656  Osman ibn affan: 3rd kalief of islam (644-56) murdered   

0676  Death of Adeodatus ii: Italian pope (672-76),   

0855  Leo iv: Italian pope (847-55),   

1091  Dirk v: Count of holland (1061-91),   

1119  Death of Boudouin vii with the axe: Earl of flanders (1111-19),   

1463  Death of Princess catherine of portugal: Writer (b. 1436)   

1501  Death of Jan i olbracht: King of poland,   

1565  Ashikaga yoshiteru: Japanese shogun (b. 1536)