1191 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
1571 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
1818 - Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
1921 - The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
1940 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1945 - Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1988 - Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
2005 - Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
Famous Birthdays:
1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England
1817 - Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark
1819 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States
1903 - Margaret Landon, writer
1917 - Jacob Lawrence, painter
1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium
1950 - Julie Kavner, actress
1981 - Paul McCoy, musician
1987 - Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis player
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