1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1381 - The English peasant revolt was crushed in London.
1389 - Ottoman Turks crushed Serbia in the Battle of Kosovo.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1775 - George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress.
1836 - Arkansas became the 25th U.S. state.
1846 - The United States and Britain settled a boundary dispute concerning the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, by signing a treaty.
1866 - Prussia attacked Austria.
1917 - Great Britain pledged the release of all the Irish captured during the Easter Rising of 1916.
1947 - The All-Indian Congress accepted a British plan for the partition of India.
1964 - The last French troops left Algeria.
1978 - King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1982 - In the capital city of Stanley, the Falklands war ended as Argentine troops surrendered to the British.
1994 - Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations. #
Famous Birthdays:
1330 - Edward the Black, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Eldest son of King Edward III and father of King Richard II.
1902 - Erik H. Erickson, Psychologist
1946 - Janet Lennon, Singer
1964 - Courtney Cox, Actress
1969 - O'Shea Jackson (Ice Cube), Rapper
1981 - Billy Martin, Musician
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