| 1066 | | Westminster Abbey, the most famous church in England, opens its doors. |
| 1574 | | On the orders of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, two Englishmen and an Irishman are burnt for heresy. |
| 1610 | | Thomas West is appointed governor of Virginia. |
| 1704 | | Indians attack Deerfield, Mass. killing 40 and kidnapping 100. |
| 1847 | | Colonel Alexander Doniphan and his ragtag Missouri Mounted Volunteers ride to victory at the Battle of Sacramento, during the Mexican War. |
| 1861 | |
The territory of Colorado is established. |
| 1900 | | After a 119-day siege by the Boers, the surrounded British troops in Ladysmith, South Africa, are relieved. |
| 1863 | | Four Union gunboats destroy the CSS Nashville near Fort McAllister, Georgia. |
| 1916 | | Haiti becomes the first U.S. protectorate. |
| 1924 | | U.S. troops are sent to Honduras to protect American interests during an election conflict. |
| 1936 | |
The Japanese Army restores order in Tokyo and
arrests officers involved in a coup. |
| 1945 | | U.S. tanks break the natural defense line west of the Rhine and cross the Erft River. |
| 1946 | | The U.S. Army declares that it will use V-2 rocket to test radar as an atomic rocket defense system. |
| 1953 | | Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia sign a 5-year defense pact in Ankara. |
| 1967 | | In Mississippi, 19 are indicted in the slayings of three civil rights workers. |
| 1969 | | A Los Angeles court refuses Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan's request to be executed. |
| 1971 | | The male electorate in Lichtenstein refuses to give voting rights to women. |
| 1994 | | U.S. warplanes shoot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia in the first NATO use of force in the troubled area. |
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