Frankenstein Day--Mary Shelley Birthday,  -------------------------------------------------------International Whale/Shark Day(shoot the sharks, keep the whales)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------International Day of the Disappeared---------------------------------------------National Toasted Marshmallow Day( I'll eat to that)----------------------------------------------------------------Slinky Day-------------- - 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - 1813 – Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 1835 – Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1896 – Happy Birthday Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright  - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1898 – Happy Birthday Shirley Booth, American actress and singer  - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -   -