1158 – Munich, Germany is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1807 – Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
1951 – UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
2014 – A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
2015 – A wildfire near Willow, Alaska in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough burns over 6,500 acres.
BORN TODAY
1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist, Uncle Tom's Cabin (d. 1896)
1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality and 45th President of the United States
1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach, NCAA all-time wins as coach (d. 2016)
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted. 1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist, Uncle Tom's Cabin (d. 1896)
1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (d. 1915)
1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality and 45th President of the United States
1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach, NCAA all-time wins as coach (d. 2016)
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