590 St Gregory I begins his reign as the new Catholic Pope.
1189 England's King Richard I (Richard the Lion-Hearted) is crowned in Westminster.
1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed, thus ending the US Revolutionary War.
1826 The USS Vincennes leaves NY to become first warship to circumnavigate the globe
1833 The NY Sun begins publishing and becomes the first daily newspaper.
1849 The California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey, CA.
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm Sweden
1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1865 The Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1891 Cotton pickers organize a union & stage a strike in Texas
1895 The first professional football game is played in Latrobe, PA.
1900 British annex Natal in South Africa.
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client"
1903 The Resolute beats The Shamrock III in the 13th America's Cup.
1904 St Louis Olympics close.
1912 The world's first cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy
1914 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1916 Allies turned back the Germans in WW I 'Battle of Verdun.'
1918 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917
1925 The first international handball match is held
1925 Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio killing 13.
1930 Hurricane kills 2,000, and injures 4,000 in the Dominican Republic.
1935 The first automobile to exceed 300 mph – driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell at 301.337 mph.
1935 Andrew Varipapa sets a new bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows in 6 hours then Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
1940 The first showing of high definition color TV
1940 The US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for a Newfoundland base lease
1943 The Allies invade Italy
1945 Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies.
1951 The TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS
1954 Pope Pius X is canonized as a saint
1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
1966 The 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
1967 Airing of the final episode of "What's My Line?"
1967 Nguyen Van Thieu is elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution
1971 John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
1975 Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mountains of Morocco and 188 die
1976 Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1978 Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff
1979 Hurricane David kills over 1,000
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