1. 1775 Continental Navy established 2. 1807 Sodium discovered English scientist Humphry Davy obtains atomic element 11 by electrolyzing caustic soda. 3. 1860 First aerial photograph of the U.S. James Wallace Black takes a photograph of Boston from a balloon tethered 1,200 feet above the city. 4. 1903 First World Series Boston of the American League defeats Pittsburgh of the National League five games to three. 5. 1925 Margaret Thatcher is Born 6. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid (2 comments)