1809 - Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the bEstates/b after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism. 1813 - US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont) b..../b 1981 - 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia bHanika/b (62 64) 1981 - Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1981 - A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the ...
