May, 19th 2012
1536: Anne Boleyn
Executed
1749: George II grants
charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio
Valley
1780: About midday -
near-total darkness descends on much of
New England
1856: Sen Charles
Sumner - Mass - spoke out against
proslavery people
1862: Homestead Act
becomes law
1898: Simplon Tunnel
opens from Brig - Switzerland to Iselle
- Italy
1971: USSR Mars 2
launched 1st spacecraft to crash land
on Mars
