955 | | Otto organizes his nobles and defeats the invading Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld in Germany. |
1539 | | King Francis of France declares that all official documents are to be written in French, not Latin. |
1557 | | French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert's Spanish army at St. Quentin, France. |
1582 | | Russia ends its 25-year war with Poland. |
1628 | | The Swedish warship Vasa capsizes and sinks in Stockholm harbor on her maiden voyage. |
1779 | | Louis XVI of France frees the last remaining serfs on royal land. |
1831 | | William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, is the first to use the term "Old Glory" in connection with the American flag, when he gives that name to a large flag aboard his ship, the Charles Daggett. |
1846 | | The Smithsonian Institution is established in Washington through the bequest of James Smithson. |
1864 | | Confederate Commander John Bell Hood sends his cavalry north of Atlanta to cut off Union General William Sherman's supply lines. |
1911 | | The House of Lords in Great Britain gives up its veto power, making the House of Commons the more powerful House. |
1913 | | The Treaty of Bucharest ends the Second Balkan War. |
1941 | | Great Britain and the Soviet Union promise aid to Turkey if it is attacked by the AxisPowers. |
1950 | | President Harry S. Truman calls the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War. |
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