1558 | | The French take the French town of Thioville from the English. |
1772 | | Slavery is outlawed in England. |
1807 | | British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812. |
1864 | | Confederate General A. P. Hill turns back a Federal flanking movement at the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg, Virginia. |
1876 | | General Alfred Terry sends Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer to the Rosebud and Little Bighorn rivers to search for Indian villages. |
1910 | | German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich announces a definitive cure for syphilis. |
1911 | | King George V of England crowned. |
1915 | | Austro-German forces occupy Lemberg on the Eastern Front as the Russians retreat. |
1925 | | France and Spain agree to join forces against Abd el Krim in Morocco. |
1930 | | A son is born to Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. |
1933 | | Hitler bans political parties in Germany other than the Nazis. |
1938 | | Joe Louis floors Max Schmeling in the first round of the heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium. |
1940 | | France and Germany sign an armistice at Compiegne, on terms dictated by the Nazis. |
1941 | | Under the codename Barbarossa, Germany invades the Soviet Union. |
1942 | | A Japanese submarine shells Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia River. |
1944 | | President Franklin Roosevelt signs the "GI Bill of Rights" to provide broad benefits for veterans of the war. |
1956 | | The battle for Algiers begins as three buildings in Casbah are blown up. |
1970 | | President Richard Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18. |
1973 | | Skylab astronauts splash down safely in the Pacific after a record 28 days in space. |
1980 | | The Soviet Union announces a partial withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan. |
1981 | | Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon. |
1995 | | Nigeria's former military ruler Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and his chief deputy are charged with conspiracy to overthrow Gen. Sami Abacha's military government. |
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