(You didn't say how far back in history you wanted to go)
~THE HIGHEST HIGHLIGHTS~
1297- William Wallace of Scotland wins The Battle of Stirling Bridge
1390- The Lithuanian Civil War begins
1649-Oliver Cromwell's forces kill 3000 at the Massacre of Drogheda, Ireland
1697- The Turks are defeated in The Battle of Zenta
1708- The Great Northern War (Sweden v. Russia)
1714- The Duke of Berwick uses French and Spanish troops to occupy Barcelona
1789- Alexander Hamilton becomes Secretary of the Treasury
1814- America defeats the British at the Battle of Plattsburg (War of 1812)
1814- " " " " " " Battle of Lake Champlain, New York
1839- Canada's first Track & Field meet
1847- Stephen Foster's "O, Susanna" debuts
1850- Jenny Lind's debut singing performance in the USA
1853- The first telegraph transmission
1883- James Cutler patents the mail chute in Rochester NY
1889- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle debuts Sherlock Holmes
1912- Eddie Collins (Philadelphia A's) steals 6 bases in one game
1914- Composer W.C.Handy publishes "St Louis Blues"
1922- NY Yankees play their last game at The Polo Grounds
1941- Start of construction of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
1945- First successful kidney dialysis (the Netherlands)
1951- Florence Chadwick (U.S.) is first woman to swim The English Channel
FYI: "9-11" is not the name of an event. It is merely when it occurred.
