1096 - Peter the Hermit's crusaders forced their way across Sava, Hungary.
1243 - The Seljuk Turkish army in Asia Minor was wiped out by the Mongols.
1483 - Richard III usurped himself to the English throne.
1794 - The French defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus.
1900 - The United States announced that it would send troops to fight against the Boxer rebellion in China.
1924 - After eight years of occupation, American troops left the Dominican Republic.
1963 - U.S. President John Kennedy announced "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) at the Berlin Wall.
1979 - Muhammad Ali, at 37 years old, announced that he was retiring as world heavyweight boxing champion.
Famous Birthdays:
1575 - Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway
1681 - Hedwig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer
1742 - Arthur Middleton, signer (Declaration of Independence)
1760 - Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
1891 - Sidney Coe Howard, dramatist
1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II
1909 - Nicholas Polunin, environmentalist
1956 - Chris Isaak, singer
1970 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
2005 - HRH Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, daughter of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau
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