1346 - Hundred Years' War: the military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
1429 - Joan of Arc makes a triumphant entry into Paris.
1498 - Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1814 - Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
1920 - The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1944 - World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1970 - The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality.
1978 - Papal conclave: Pope John Paul I is elected to the Papacy.
1999 - Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
Famous Birthdays:
1540 - King Magnus of Livonia
1676 - Sir Robert Walpole, First Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1728 - Johann Heinrich Lambert, scientist
1819 - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, Husband of Queen Victoria
1874 - Zona Gale, novelist
1901 - Maxwell Taylor, general
1910 - Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
1944 - HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, son of Prince Henry and Princess Alice of Gloucester, grandson of King George V and Queen Mary of Teck
1956 - Brett Cullen, actor
1969 - Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, model
1982 - Angelo Iorio, footballer
1988 - Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, daughter of Archduke Prince Lorenz of Austria-Este and Archduchess Princess Astrid of Belgium, granddaughter of His Majesty King Albert II of Belgium
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