Today:
533 – Byzantine General Belisarius defeats the Vandals at the Battle of Tricamarum, securing North Africa for the Byzantine Empire.
1161 – The Song dynasty of China defeats the Jin dynasty at the Battle of Tangdao.
1256 – The Mongols, under Hulagu Khan, capture and destroy the Alamut Castle, a stronghold of the Nizari Ismailis.
1467 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Kingdom of Hungary at the Battle of Baia.
1791 – The United States Bill of Rights becomes law after being ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1890 – Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, is killed during an arrest attempt by Indian agency police.
1939 – The premiere of “Gone with the Wind” takes place in Atlanta, Georgia.
1961 – Adolf Eichmann, a key figure in the Holocaust, is sentenced to death by an Israeli court.
1970 – The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from the surface of another planet.
2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years of stabilization work to prevent its collapse.
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