763 BC - The Assyrians notice the eclipse of the Sun, which will be needed to establish the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1664 - The city of New Jersey was established.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin, proved the relationship between lightning and electrical discharge by putting a children's aircraft during a storm. On this day the lightning rod was found.
1836 - Arkansas becomes the 25th US state.
1860 - Founded the first settlement of white population in Idaho.
1896 - A tsunami hits the Sunriku beach in Japan during the Shinto festival, with 27,000 dead, 9,000 injured and 13,000 destroyed houses.
GLOBAL WIND DAY
