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1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1859 Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St Louis

1867 Dominion of Canada formed (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec)

1873 Prince Edward Island becomes seventh Canadian province

1881 First international telephone conversation, Calais, Me. to St Stephen

1899 Three traveling businessmen establish the Gideon Society to place bibles in hotels

1934 First x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, NY

1961 HRH Diana Spencer (Princess Di) ex-wife of Prince Charles, is born

1963 Beatles record She Loves You & I'll Get You

1979 Stampede Pass, Washington, is covered with six inches of snow

1990 German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency

1991 Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie), dies at 54 from cancer