Today:
639 – Dagobert I, King of the Franks, dies and is succeeded by his son Clovis II.
1419 – During the Hundred Years’ War, Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his conquest of Normandy.
1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
1806 – The United Kingdom takes control of the Cape Colony in South Africa from the Dutch at the Battle of Blaauwberg.
1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy has its premiere performance in Braunschweig, Germany.
1853 – Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
1915 – German Zeppelin airships bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in England during World War I, causing civilian casualties.
1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
1966 – Indira Gandhi is elected as the third Prime Minister of India, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D’Aquino, widely known as “Tokyo Rose,” for her role during World War II.
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