A Day to Remember

Romanov family executed, Russian Revolution

First paper banknotes introduced in Sweden

Final surrender of Napoleon I

John Adams signs Sedition Act

Henry Schoolcraft discovers source of Mississippi River

Vellore Mutiny, India

End of siege of Port Hudson, Civil War

Launch of final space shuttle mission

Patent for Phillips screw and driver

Battle of Leuctra, Sparta vs. Thebes

First public normal school established in US

Thomas Savery patents first steam engine

Federal Republic of Central America established

Soyuz 11 cosmonauts die on re-entry

Federal Aid Highway Act creates interstate system

Battle of Fleurus (France), first military use of aircraft

First commercial color TV broadcast

Outbreak of "St. John's Dance" in Germany

C. Latham Sholes patents typewriter

Somerset vs. Stewart case finds no British law to support slavery

First use of fingerprinting in a criminal case

FDR signs Indian Reorganization Act ("Indian New Deal")

Charles MacIntosh patents waterproof fabric

First US roller coaster opens at Coney Island

Battle of Lindanisse - first use of Danish flag (oldest national flag in the world)

Anne Frank receives a diary for her birthday

"Smoke filled room" nomination of Warren Harding for president

Arab revolt against Ottoman Empire

Publication of first "dime novel"

Gadsden Purchase, Mexico

Pres. Washington signs Neutrality Act

USS Ranger commissioned (first dedicated aircraft carrier)

Passage of National Defense Act

British surrender Diamond Rock in the Caribbean to France

First known batch of Scotch whiskey

Patrick Henry "If This Be Treason" speech

Publication of "The Forgotten Prisoners" by Peter Benenson

First international chess tournament, London

Creation of House Un-American Activities Committee

Edict of Worms pronounced against Martin Luther

Battle of St. Albans begins Wars of the Roses in England

Attack on Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery forces

First council of Nicaea convenes

North Vietnamese army forms Group 559 (Ho Chi Minh Trail)

Ratification of 27th amendment (proposed in 1789)

May 15th Incident, Japan

Louis XIV becomes king of France

Battle of Palmito Ranch (last battle of Civil War)

Siege of Charleston, American Revolution

Great Plains Dust Storm