96 - Vespasian, a Roman Army leader, was hailed as a Roman Emperor by the Egyptian legions.
1543 - England and Scotland signed the peace of Greenwich.
1596 - An English fleet under the Earl of Essex, Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Vere captured and sacked Cadiz, Spain.
1690 - The French defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance at Fleurus in the Netherlands.
1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte took Alexandria, Egypt.
1867 - Canada became an independent dominion.
1942 - German troops captured Sevestpol, Crimea, in the Soviet Union.
1960 - Somalia gained its independence from Britain through the unification of Somaliland with Italian Somalia.
1961 - British troops landed in Kuwait to aid against Iraqi threats.
1969 - Britain's Prince Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales.
Famous Birthdays:
1872 - Louis Bleriot, Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel
1899 - Thomas Andrew Dorsey, musician
1908 - Estée Lauder, Cosmetics company founder
1930 - Bobby Day, singer
1951 - Daryl Anderson, actor
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