| 1527 | German troops begin sacking Rome. Libraries are destroyed, the Pope is captured and thousands are killed. | |
| 1529 | Babur defeats the Afgan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra, India. | |
| 1682 | King Louis XIV moves his court to Versailles, France. | |
| 1856 | U.S. Army troops from Fort Tejon and Fort Miller prepare to ride out to protect Keyesville, California, from Yokut Indian attack. | |
| 1861 | Arkansas becomes the ninth state to secede from the Union. | |
| 1862 | Henry David Thoreau dies of tuberculosis at age 44. | |
| 1864 | In the second day of the Battle of Wilderness between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet is wounded by his own men. | |
| 1877 | Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska.Crazy Horse brought General Custer to his end. | |
| 1937 | The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey. | |
| 1941 | Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California's March Field. | |
| 1942 | General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders Corregidor to the Japanese. | |
| 1944 | The Red Army besieges and captures Sevastopol in the Crimea. | |
| 1945 | Axis Sally makes her final propaganda broadcast to Allied troops. | |
| 1954 | British runner Roger Banister breaks the four minute mile. | |
| 1960 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960. | |
| 1962 | The first nuclear warhead is fired from a Polaris submarine. | |
| 1994 | The Channel Tunnel linking England to France is officially opened. |
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