1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1713 - Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht.
1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
1918 – Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
1964 – Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die.
1968 - During the test flight by plane dies Yuri Gagarin, the first man to fly in space.
