1631-1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
1768-1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published in Scotland
1820-US President James Monroe re-elected
1862-President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1866-Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 meters into Lake Michigan completed
1870-Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in the House of Representatives (South Carolina)
1877-Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1877-1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1904-Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
1907-Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361
1912-China votes for universal human rights
1917-Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
1922-1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica NY
1923-1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1925-Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7
1932-Don King, boxing promoter is born in Cleveland, OH
1940-Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1954-Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
1956-Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1963-Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
1980-NASA launches Intelsat V
1988-Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
1989-Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at University of Montreal
1768-1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published in Scotland
1820-US President James Monroe re-elected
1862-President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1866-Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 meters into Lake Michigan completed
1870-Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in the House of Representatives (South Carolina)
1877-Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1877-1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1904-Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
1907-Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV, kills 361
1912-China votes for universal human rights
1917-Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
1922-1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica NY
1923-1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1925-Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7
1932-Don King, boxing promoter is born in Cleveland, OH
1940-Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
1954-Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
1956-Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1963-Beatles begin a tradition of releasing a Christmas record for fans
1980-NASA launches Intelsat V
1988-Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
1989-Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at University of Montreal
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