Today:
30 BC: Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, commits suicide.
1099: The First Crusade ends with the Battle of Ascalon, where Crusaders defeated the Fatimid army.
1484: The Sistine Chapel is consecrated by Pope Sixtus IV in Vatican City.
1624: Cardinal Richelieu is appointed Chief Minister of France by King Louis XIII.
1851: Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1877: Asaph Hall discovers Deimos, one of Mars’ moons.
1898: The armistice ends the Spanish-American War, with Spain relinquishing control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
1944: Nazi forces massacre 560 people in the Tuscan village of Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Italy, during World War II.
1960: The first successful communications satellite, Echo 1A, is launched by NASA.
1981: IBM introduces its first personal computer, the IBM 5150.
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