3102 BC Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga. Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth and worst of the four yugas in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin.  Wikipedia

1219 Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil

1519 Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men

1685 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.

1688 Quakers consider drafting formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania

1787 Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II bans children under 8 from labor

1804 Ohio legislature approves establishment of Ohio University at Athens as the 1st university in Ohio; first classes are held in 1809

1834 1st US labor newspaper, "The Man", published, NYC

1839 Detroit Boat Club forms (& still exists)

1849 1st regular steamboat service to California starts

1850 California Legislature creates nine Bay Area counties

1856 The American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.

1878 John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jessie Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

1879 Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty

1885 Mark Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US

1893 The Barnum Museum opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut, dedicated to the life of P. T. Barnum

Circus Showman and Businessman P. T. Barnum

1896 Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs

1899 San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports

1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner

1908 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued

1927 US & Canada open diplomatic relations

1930 Elm Farm Ollie was the first cow flown & milked in an airplane, milk sealed in paper cartons & parachuted to spectators below at the International Air Exposition in St. Louis

1930 US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto

1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island

1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California

1965 Church deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson is beaten and shot during a peaceful march in Marion, Alabama. His death 8 days later inspires the Selma to Montgomery marches.

1970 US President Richard Nixon launches the "Nixon doctrine", whereby the United States would thereafter support allies facing military threats with economic and military aid rather than with ground troops.

1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty

1977 Space Shuttle Enterprise takes its maiden flight affixed atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Aircraft Carrier

1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert

2001 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison, where he dies

2019 25-year old murder of a woman solved when police in Minnesota run DNA though a genealogy site and find suspect

2021 Facebook blocks users in Australia from accessing news sites in response to proposed new laws for tech companies to pay to show news content

2021 NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands at Jezero Crater, Mars, on mission to find microfossils

2021 Nearly seven million people required to boil their water in Texas as unusually harsh winter storm in the state continues

2022 Scientific study says the sudden drop in emissions due to COVID-19 shutdowns caused the record rainfall in eastern China in 2020 that killed hundreds