1586 ― Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1588 ― Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I
1821 ― Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1851 ― Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
1866 ― Metric system becomes legal measurement system in U.S.
1883 ― Shocks triggered by the Mount Epomeo volcano (Isle of Ischia, Italy)
Destroys 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000
1896 ― City of Miami incorporated
1900 ― Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1931 ― Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" U.S.' 2nd national anthem
1943 ― President FDR announces end of coffee rationing in U.S.
1977 ― First oil flows through the Alaska pipeline
1990 ― Blackout hits Chicago
1588 ― Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I
1821 ― Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1851 ― Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
1866 ― Metric system becomes legal measurement system in U.S.
1883 ― Shocks triggered by the Mount Epomeo volcano (Isle of Ischia, Italy)
Destroys 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000
1896 ― City of Miami incorporated
1900 ― Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1931 ― Congress makes "The Star-Spangled Banner" U.S.' 2nd national anthem
1943 ― President FDR announces end of coffee rationing in U.S.
1977 ― First oil flows through the Alaska pipeline
1990 ― Blackout hits Chicago
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