Misc: What is formed when the Earth comes betwen the Sun and the Moon?

Questions

In 1862 ---------- ball invented ?

In 1937 Mary ---------- Moore, Brooklyn, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People), born ?

In 1938 Jon---------- , Yonkers, NY, actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy), born ?

In 1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on ---------- (WW II) ?

In 1947 Ted---------- , SD Calif, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby), born ?