1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
1552 - Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
1924 - The Geneva Protocol is adopted as a means to strengthen the League of Nations.
1944 - World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1958 - Guinea declares its independence from France.
Famous Birthdays:
1452 - King Richard III of England
1737 - Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia
1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, former Prime Minister of India
1948 - Siim Kallas, former Prime Minister of Estonia
1968 - Jana Novotná, tennis player
1984 - Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
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