0 Feast of St. Brendan, Patron of Sailors
218 Proclamation at Emesa, Syria, of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus -- Elagabulus (c. 14) as Roman Emperor (218-222), the strangest of them all
1152 King Henry II of England (age 19) weds Eleanor of Aquitaine (30), former Queen of France
1204 Coronation of Count Baldwin of Flanders as the first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204-1205)
1364 Battle of Cocherel: The French defeat the Navarrese
1412 Giancarlo Visconti becomes Duke of Milan (May 15-June 12, 1412), by murder
1527 The Medici are expelled from Florence and a Republic is established (to 1530)
1605 Camillo Borghese elected Pope as Paul V (1506-1621)
1648 Battle of Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossacks defeat John Casimir's Poles
1703 Tsar Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg [OS]
1770 Prince Louis [XVI] of France (age 16) weds Archduchess Marie Antoinette of Austria (14)
1777 Button Gwinnet, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, mortally wounded in a duel, dies the 19th
1796 French Revolutionaries establish the puppet "Lombard Republic" in northern Italy
1811 Battle of La Albuera: The Anglo-Portuguese defeat the French -- Learn More
1820 USS 'Congress' becomes the first American warship to visit China
1837 The British Legion in the service of the Spanish Crown liberates Irun from the Carlists
1846 Battle of Campeche: the Texas Navy defeats the Mexican fleet, in support of rebellious Yucatan
1849 Battle of Velletri: The Garibaldini defeat the Neapolitans
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in the Civil War
1863 Vicksburg Campaign: Battle of Champion's Hill
1919 USN flying boats begin trans-Atlantic flight (see 25th)
1920 Canonization of Joan of Arc
1929 "Wings" wins the first Oscar for best picture
1934 Liner RMS 'Olympic' rams the Nantucket lightship, 7 Coastguardsmen die
1941 Amba Alagi: the Duke of Aosta surrenders the last Italian troops in Ethiopia to the British, ending a 17 month campaign
1942 Indian Nationalists demand "U.S. Quit India" as American troops arrive to fight the Japanese
1943 German troops destroy the main synagogue of Warsaw
1944 German military police attack gypsies in the Netherlands
1944 Siege of Kohima ends, as the last Japanese resistance is crushed -- Learn More
1975 India invades and annexes Sikkim
1986 "Top Gun" premieres
1992 Space Shuttle 'Endeavor' safely completes its maiden voyage
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