1610 - John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
1643 - 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1687 - Isaac Newton's great work PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. Outlines his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
1811 - Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain.
1841 - Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency.
1859 - Capt N C Brooks discovers Midway Islands.
1962 - Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule.
1975 - Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
