1608 - The city of Québec was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1775 - U.S. Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts
1849 – The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power.
1863 - The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ended after three days. It was a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
1890 - Idaho became the 43rd state to join the United States of America.
1944 - During World War II, Soviet forces recaptured Minsk.
1954 - Food rationing ended in Great Britain almost nine years after the end of World War II.
Famous Birthdays
1423 - King Louis XI of France
1676 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal
1906 - George Sanders, actor
1924 - Sellapan Ramanathan Nathan, former President of Singapore
1939 – László Kovács, Hungarian politician
1946 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
1976 – Shane Lynch, Boyband member
1980 – Giorgos Theodoridis, footballer
1990 - Bobby Hopkinson, footballer
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