1542 Battle of Solway Moss: Sir Oliver Sinclair & Lord Wharton defeat King James V of Scotland

1615 King Louis XIII of France (14) marries Ann of Austria (14)

1859 Publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"

1861 Skirmish at Lancaster, Mo

1863 Battles of Chattanooga, Columbia, & Lookout Mt Tennessee

1870 Agustin Morales ousts Mariano Melgarejo as dictator of Bolivia

1874 Joseph F Glidden receives a patent for barbed wire

1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's Socialist Party

1917 Anarchists bombed a police station in Milwaukee; nine officers died, the greatest loss of life by police in a terrorist attack in prior to Sep. 11, 2001

1918 Bela Khun forms the Hungarian Communist Party

1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for one year"

1936 Polliwog-in-Chief FDR became a Shellback, USS 'Indianapolis' (CA-35), at 00º 00' N, 37º 00' W

1937 Chinese falsely announce the sinking of the Japanese battleship 'Nagato' by air attack

1941 CNO warns fleet "surprise aggressive movement" by Japan imminent

1943 Operation Galvanic: Escort carrier 'Liscome Bay' (CVE 56) is sunk by submarine off Makin

1944 First B-29 raid from Saipan; 111 bombers hit Tokyo.

1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria

1965 Coup installs Gen. Joseph Mobutu as President/Dictator of Congo/Zaire (1965-1996)

1977 The tomb of Philip II of Macedon is discovered near Vergine, Macedonia

1991 US 75th manned space mission, Atlantis 10