1298 - An army under Albert of Austria defeated and killed Adolf of Nassua near Worms, Germany.
1625 - The Spanish army took Breda, Spain, after nearly a year of siege.
1644 - Lord Cromwell crushed the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor near York, England.
1747 - Marshall Saxe led the French forces to victory over an Anglo-Dutch force under the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Lauffeld.
1858 - Tsar Alexander II freed the serfs working on imperial lands.
1937 - American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world at the equator.
1964 - U.S. President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights Act of 1964" into law. The act made it illegal in the U.S. to discriminate against others because of their race.
Famous Birthdays:
419 Valentinian III, Roman emperor
1489 - Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop/reformer
1821 - Charles Tupper, former Canadian Prime Minister
1903 - Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, former British Prime Minister
1930 - Carlos Saul Menem, former President of Argentina
1971 - Jared Palmer, Tennis player
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, actress
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