Today:
1099 – Siege of Jerusalem ended when Crusader forces captured Jerusalem during the First Crusade.
1381 – John Ball, a leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in England, was executed for treason.
1799 – The Rosetta Stone Discovery occurred when French soldiers under Napoleon Bonaparte discovered the Rosetta Stone in Egypt, providing the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
1834 – The Spanish Inquisition Abolition was formally abolished in Spain.
1870 – Georgia became the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the United States following the Civil War.
1910 – Emil Kraepelin first used the term Alzheimer’s disease in the eighth edition of his textbook, honoring Alois Alzheimer.
1948 – John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, died at the age of 87.
1975 – The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project was launched, marking the first joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union.
2006 – Twitter Public Launch: Twitter reached the public after its early rollout in 2006, helping popularize the microblogging platform.
2016 – An attempted military coup against Turkey began, leading to widespread fighting before the government regained control the following day.