70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
1565 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18th.
1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1831 - William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1888 - In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1926 - Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1944 - World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1991 - The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
Famous Birthdays
1157 - King Richard I of England
1633 - Ferdinand IV of Germany
1852 - Emperor Gwangmu of Korea
1887 - George, Crown Prince of Serbia
1914 - Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer
1953 - Pascal Greggory, actor
1960 - David Steele, musician
1972 - Os du Randt, rugby player
1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor
1995 - James Gandhi, actor
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