1583 - Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown - first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire
1858 - Cyrus W Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable
1884 - Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC)
1930 - Neil Armstrong, Wapakoneta Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11), (d. 2012)
1949 - 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6,000 die
