The events and anniversaries: Report: 1866 - The U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-Star General") Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank. Report: 1907 - Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan. Civil Aviation: 1909 - Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine:...