[Jimbuna]

1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape.

1840 World's first adhesive postage stamp, the "Penny Black", is first used in Great Britain.

1910 George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII

1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground.