1527    The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

1892    St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.

1919    A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.

1931    {{SS|Viking}} explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.

1985    Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

2001    The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador.