1349-700 Jews of Basel, Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1718-France declares war on Spain
1793-Jean Pierre Blanchard makes first balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia)
1799-Income Tax introduced in U.K.
1812-Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
1855-Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies
1905-Bloody Sunday: Demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1912-U.S. marines invade Honduras
1928-Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions" premieres in New York
1937-Italy bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians
1942-U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created
1945-U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1953-Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sinks off Busan, killing 249
1957-Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1962-NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1970-Constitution of Singapore enacted
1718-France declares war on Spain
1793-Jean Pierre Blanchard makes first balloon flight in North America (Philadelphia)
1799-Income Tax introduced in U.K.
1812-Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
1855-Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies
1905-Bloody Sunday: Demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops
1912-U.S. marines invade Honduras
1928-Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions" premieres in New York
1937-Italy bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians
1942-U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created
1945-U.S. soldiers led by General Douglas MacArthur invade Philippines
1953-Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sinks off Busan, killing 249
1957-Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
1962-NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1970-Constitution of Singapore enacted
