TODAY IN HISTORY: First TV image transmitted

In 1533, England's future Queen Elizabeth I was born to King Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn. She ruled 45 years, from 1558 to 1603.

In 1763, Britain's King George III issued a proclamation urging subjects to settle in Canada.

In 1813, the nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States in an editorial in a newspaper in Troy, N.Y.

In 1816, “The Frontenac,” the first Canadian-built steamship on the Great Lakes, was launched at Ernestown (now Bath), Ont.

In 1822, Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.

In 1860, the Maple Leaf was first used as an official emblem during a visit to Toronto by the Prince of Wales.

In 1892, James Corbett knocked out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round of their heavyweight boxing match in New Orleans. It was the first major title bout to be fought under the Marquess of Queensbury rules.

In 1901, the Peace of Peking was signed by China and 11 foreign countries, ending “The Boxer Rebellion.”

In 1907, the British liner RMS Lusitania set out from Liverpool, England, on its maiden voyage, arriving six days later in New York. On May 7, 1915 during the First World War, it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland with the loss of nearly 1,200 civilian lives.

In 1910, the International Court at The Hague resolved a fishing dispute between the United States, Canada and Newfoundland. The court ruled each government had the right to regulate its own fisheries but suggested Canada and Newfoundland inform the United States at least two months before they made any changes to their regulations.

In 1916, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase of the Virgin Islands.

In 1927, American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, 21, succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an “image dissector.”

In 1940, what came to be called “The Blitz” began when London suffered the first concentrated night air raids by German planes during the Second World War. In the first three nights, 1,000 people were killed and 3,500 seriously injured. The Royal Air Force prevented invasion, but the civilian population endured years of bombing.

In 1952, Canadian liner “Princess Kathleen” ran aground and sank off Lena Point, Alaska. Her 300 passengers and crew of 115 were all rescued.

In 1958, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev announced that any attack on China would be regarded as an attack on the Soviet Union.

In 1959, Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis died in Schefferville, Que.

In 1969, the Official Languages Act declared English and French as the official languages of Canada.

In 1973, the Northwest Territories Supreme Court allowed the Indian Brotherhood of the N.W.T. to file a land claim for one-third of the territory.

In 1977, Cindy Nicholas of Toronto became the first woman to complete a return, non-stop swim of the English Channel.

In 1977, the United States and Panama signed treaties calling for the U.S. to give up control of the Panama Canal by 2000.

In 1983, the Canadian tour of the Moscow Circus was cancelled in response to the Soviet Union shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007on Sept. 1. Ten Canadians were killed.

In 1986, Bishop Desmond Tutu was installed as Archbishop of Cape Town.

In 1995, the Quebec government tabled legislation that would give the National Assembly the power to declare Quebec a sovereign country after a referendum victory.