1747 – Great Britain & Netherlands sign military treaty
1762 – British parliament accepts Treaty of Paris
1783 – First execution at Newgate Jail in London, relocated from Tyburn (now the site of Marble Arch)
1793 – Noah Webster establishes NY’s 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva
1909 – 1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY)
1931 – Spain becomes a republic
1941 – 1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
1941 – China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy
1941 – Hitler orders US ships are to be torpedoed
