1097 - The Crusaders defeated the Turks at Dorylaeum.
1894 - Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid.
1912 - Belgian workers went on strike to demand universal suffrage.
1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Spain. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War.
1915 - During World War I, the Second Battle Artois ended when the French failed to take Vimy Ridge.
1922 - Irish rebels in London assassinate Sir Henry Wilson, the British deputy for Northern Ireland.
1930 - France pulled its troops out of Germany’s Rhineland.
1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives."
1935 - Fascists caused an uproar at the League of Nations when Haile Selassie of Ethiopia speaks.
1957 - The American occupation headquarters in Japan was dissolved.
1958 - The U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing the admission of Alaska as the 49th state in the Union.
1960 - The Katanga province seceded from Congo (upon Congo's independence from Belgium).
Famous Birthdays:
1768 - Elizabeth Monroe, First lady of the United States, wife of James Monroe the fifth President
1901 - Willie "The Actor" Sutton, bank robber who stole $2 million
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