1783 USS Alliance under Captain Barry fights and wins last naval battle
US Revolutionary War off Cape Canaveral
1791 John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver
1862 US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
1903 Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating
1905 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
1922 KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1944 U-575 sinks HMS Asphodel
1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence machine