1813 — British burn Buffalo New York during the War of 1812
1848 — Gas lights first installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1862 — Bowling ball invented
1885 — Gottlieb Daimler patents first bike (Germany)
1891 — Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1903 — French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad & Ubangi-Shari
1920 — The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations
1931 — Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey
1934 — Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 & London Treaty of 1930
1940 — Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)
1947 — Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
1948 — Canada recognizes Israel
1954 — Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being
1983 — U.S. announces withdrawal from UNESCO
1997 — Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
1997 — Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China