1200 – In China, sunglasses are invented
1390 – French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
1543 - England and Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich
1656 - 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)
1776 - 1st vote on Declaration of Independence
1831 - Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole
1859 - Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis
1862 - Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books
1863 - Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles
1889 – Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti
1903 - 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins
1916 - Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market
1929 - US cartoonist Elzie Segar creates “Popeye”
1934 - 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY
1967 - 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
1970 - Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
1997 – UK returns Hong Kong to China
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