Today in History 1281 - During Kublai Khans 2nd Invasion of Japan his invading Vhinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan 1457 - The first book ever printed is published by a German astrologer named Faust. He is thrown in jail whilst trying to sell books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil. 1498 - Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela 1559 - Spanish explorer de Luna enters Pensacola Bay, Florida 1782 - Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies 1790 - Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela 1816 - Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha (Most remote island in the Atlantic Ocean) 1820 - 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC 1825 - Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out 1842 - Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida 1861 - Martial Law is declared at St Louis, Missouri due to pro-secession sentiment 1862 - Lincoln receives 1st group of African Americans to confer with a US president 1880 - Construction of Cologne Cathedral, largest Gothic cathedral in Nthn Europe finally completed, began in 1248. 1882 - Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo 1885 - Japans first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint 1900 - 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) 1901 - SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70 1901 - The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21 1915 - British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 1935 - Social Security Act becomes law 1937 - China declares war on Japan 1945 - Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II. 1947 - Pakistan becomes an independent country 1973 - The United States ends the secret bombing of Cambodia 1976 - 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast 1995 - Shannon Faulker becomes the first female cadet in the long history of South Carolinas state military college, The Citadel. Her presence was met with intense resistance, reportedly including death threats, and she left the school a week later 2126 - Comet Swift-Tuttle approaches close to Earth
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