Today:
1298: Battle of Falkirk – King Edward I of England defeats William Wallace’s Scottish rebels.
1456: Battle of Nándorfehérvár – The Hungarian forces, led by John Hunyadi, defeat the Ottoman army.
1587: Colony of Roanoke – A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island, in North Carolina, to re-establish the deserted colony.
1793: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first recorded person to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico.
1796: Cleveland, Ohio, is founded by General Moses Cleaveland.
1812: Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca: British forces under Wellington decisively defeat French troops.
1894: The first-ever motor race is held between Paris and Rouen, won by Count Jules-Albert de Dion.
1933: Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world, completing the journey in seven days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.
1942: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins as part of the Holocaust.
1946: King David Hotel bombing – A Zionist underground organization, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the British administration, killing 91 people.
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