1760 - Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova ScotiaNova Scotia ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest City Halifax Area Total % fresh water 12th largest(9th lgst prov. 55 284 km² 3. 5% Population Total (2001) Density RankedCanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe taken from the Acadians.
1769Events Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen exhibits the " Mechanical Turk", a chess-playing machine May 14 Charles III of Spain sends Spanish missionaries, who found California missions in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Monterey and begin the settlem - A transit of VenusThis article is about the astronomical phenomenon. For other meanings, see Transit of Venus (disambiguation). 2004 transit of Venus The_transit_of_venus A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun an is followed within 5 hours by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in the historical past.
1792Events January 25 The London Corresponding Society is founded. February 20 The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. March 16 King of Sweden Gustav III Shot in the back by Jaco - Captain George VancouverGeorge Vancouver ( June 22, 1757 May 12, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, and an explorer best known for his exploration of North America and the Pacific coast along Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. He was born in King's Lynn, England. claims Puget SoundPuget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was named by George Vancouver for Lieutenant Peter Puget, who explored its southern end in May 1792. Vancouver claimed it for Great Britain on June 4, 1792. It be for Great Britain.
1913 - Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.
1944 - World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy capture the German submarine U-505 , marking the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1944 - World War II: Rome falls to the Allies. It is the first capital of an Axis nation to fall.
1989 - Solidarity's victory in the first partly free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland spark off a succession of peaceful anti- communist revolutions in Eastern Europe.
1989 - Train disaster: Ufa train disaster - A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 645 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
2003 - Martha Stewart and her broker are indicted for using privileged investment information and then obstructing a federal investigation. Stewart also resigned as chairperson and chief executive officer of Martha Stewart Living.
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