767 St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1098 Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
1119 Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
1245 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens
1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe
1461 Edward IV crowned king of England
1485 Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands1524 Duke of Bourbon occupies Province
1575 Spanish troops conquer Buren
1583 Duke Frans de Valois returns to France
1593 Earl Mauritius conquers Geertruidenberg
1629 Peace of Alès: Rights of French huguenots limited
1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean
1651 Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
1675 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburg army beats Sweden
1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper)
1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
1940 "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio
1940 Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
1941 German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev
1941 German troops occupy Galicia, Poland
1942 Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj
1942 Dumont TV network begins (WABD NY)
1945 Polish Provisional government of National Unity set up by Soviets
1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy
1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins
1947 "Temptation" (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
1948 British begin airlift “Operation Plainfare” to West Berlin
1950 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 performances
1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1951 "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV1973 New Zealand ship HMNZS Otago sails for Mururoa nuclear test zone after France’s refusal to accept an International Court of Justice injunction against its atmospheric nuclear testing
1973 Northern Ireland Assembly elections take place
1974 Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia)
1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK
1975 Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill)
1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
1976 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1976 Three British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days
1977 Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1977 The United Party, main political opposition party in South Africa, is formally disbanded by the majority faction after members leave the party to join other new political parties
1978 UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill
1978 Supreme Court orders Cal medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1979 OPEC raises oil prices 24%
1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents
1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
1981 "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 165 performances
1981 74 government officials die in attack in Iran
1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Connecticutt collapses, killing 3
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1984 Former member of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), Jeannette Schoon, and her six-year old daughter, Katryn, are killed by a letter bomb at Lubango, in northern Angola
1984 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx
1986 Irish population condemns divorce
1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick
1986 West European leaders, meeting in the Netherlands, delay indefinitely imposing economic sanctions against South Africa
1987 "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
1987 Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1987 Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)1990 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time
1991 South Africa signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
1992 "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 18 performances
1992 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in US (7.4) rock California
1992 Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan
1992 Italian government of Amato forms
1992 LA Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
1992 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
1992 The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law
1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm
1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
1993 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
1994 NY Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
1997 "Master Class" closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances
1997 "Steel Peer" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 performances
1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
2000 Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
2002 In South Africa, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Treatment Action Campaign table a national HIV/AIDS treatment plan in the National Economic, Development and Labour Council
2004 Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism
2004 The 17th NATO Summit starts in Istanbul.
2004 Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation
2005 A final design for Manhattan's Freedom Tower is formally unveiled
2006 The Republic of Montenegro admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264
2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies2015 David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border. 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility June 6
2015 Greek Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency funds
2016 Suicide bombings and gun attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport kill 42 and wound more than 200
2017 Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft
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