1675 – King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1835 – Mob of whites and oxen pulled black school to a swamp out of Canaan NH
1877 – Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians
1887 – Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)
1900 – 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts (3-0)
1911 – Parliament Act reduces power of UK’s House of Lords
1926 – Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1991 – “A Little Night Music” closes at New York State NYC after 7 perfs
1998 – The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.
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