1780-Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian", 1st sung
1833-Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic
1840-1st deep sea sounding
1847-California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
1852-1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii
1868-Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors
1870-Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883
1876-1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence MA
1921-Turkey makes peace with Armenia
1922-1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
1924-British Egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun
1925-Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator
1945-U.S. aircraft carriers attack Okinawa
1957-1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster PA
1977-Apple Computer incorporated
1987-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin
1991-Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders