415 BC Descration of the Herms at Athens [Alt]
334 BC Battle of the Granicus: Alexander defeats the Persians [Alt]
0 National Maritime Day
871 Battle of Basing: The Danes defeat Ethelred "the Unrede" of Wessex
1176 Attempted assassination of Saladin at Aleppo
1200 Treaty of Le Goulet: between King John of England and Philip of France
1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope as Innocent V, later beatified (Jan 21-June 22, 1276)
1370 Jews are expelled from Brussels
1371 Coronation of King Robert II Stuart of Scots (1371-1390)
1455 First Battle of St. Albans: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians
1499 Battle of Calven Gorge: The Swiss defeat the Hapsburgs
1511 The French capture Bologna
1526 War of the League of Cognac/Fifth Italian War: Francis I breaks his word & resumes war against Spain for control of Italy, helped by the Pope & England
1760 Battle of Wandewash, India: British defeat the French
1771 Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain
1790 Russians blockade the Swedish fleet in Viborg harbor (Swedes break out July 3)
1794 Battle of Tournai: Austro-Dutch defeat the French
1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling, Day 1: Napoleon v. the Austrians
1848 Battle of the Ponte di Caffaro: Italian Nationalists defeat the Austrians
1848 Second Battle of Vicenza: Veneto-Papal forces defeat the Austrians
1856 Slavocrat Rep. Preston Brooks brutally beats Sen. Charles Sumner in the Senate
1872 U.S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act, restoring full civil rights to most former Confederates
1890 José Marti forms nationalist La Liga Cubana, in NYC
1915 Gretna, Scotland: Local train collides with trooper, 226 die
1941 British troops take Baghdad, deposing pro-Nazi Iraqi regime
1942 Mexico declares war on Nazi Germany and Japan
1943 Stalin disbands the Comintern
1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
1959 Benjamin O Davis Jr. (USMA '36) becomes the first black U.S. major general
1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m
1967 Egyptian president Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
1968 The USS 'Scorpion' (SSN-589) sinks in the Atlantic, 99 die.
1969 Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi (15km) above lunar surface
1970 Arab terrorist attacks school bus in Israel; 9 children, 3 adults die
1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR
1992 India launches its Agni rocket
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