1099 The first Crusaders capture and plunder Jerusalem
1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus
1307 Duke Henrik van Karinthie chosen king of Bohemia
1410 Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights Vs King Ladislas II of Poland
1500 "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
1500 Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion
1501 Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon
1538 Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I
1662 England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London
1755 French ambassador recalled from London
1779 U.S. troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York
1783 The first steamboat, Pyroscaphe, first runs in France
1787 Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes
1795 "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem
1806 Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
1808 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1815 Napoleon surrendered and is later exiled on St. Helena
1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, sign a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri
1840 England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance
1856 Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony
1862 CSS Arkansas Vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo River
1863 President Davis orders service duty for confederate army
1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109
1867 San Francisco Merchant's Exchange opens
1869 Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy
1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to U.S.
1870 Hudson's Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada
1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created
1876 Baseball's first no-hitter, St. Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford
1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for first time in 1,000 years
1893 Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
1904 The first Buddhist temple in U.S. forms, Los Angeles
1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam
1909 Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs
1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect
1914 Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe
1916 Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1918 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I
1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season
1922 26th U.S. Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill
1922 The first duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo
1927 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St. Andrews
1929 The first airport hotel opens: Oakland, California
1932 President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1933 Wiley Post began first solo flight around world
1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
1937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens
1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1939 Clara Adams, New York City, is first woman to complete round world flight
1940 The first betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Ilinois
1940 Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam
1941 Florey and Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures, Penicillin
1942 Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps"
1942 The first deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz
1944 Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb
1945 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton, Ohio
1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
1948 President Truman nominated for another term
1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
1952 The first transatlantic helicopter flight begins
1952 Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding
1956 Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 people die
1957 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1961 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
1961 Spain accepts equal rights for men and women
1962 Algeria becomes member of Arab League
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1962 Netherlands and Indonesia accord over New-Guinea
1964 Barry M. Goldwater nominated for president by Republicans
1965 "Mariner IV" sends back first pictures of Mars
1965 Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece
1967 Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1968 "One Life to Live" premieres on TV
1968 Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R.
1968 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1968 Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres
1971 President Nixon announces he would visit China
1972 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane
1972 Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship
1973 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1973 Paul Getty III kidnapped
1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1975 All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and John Matlock (New York Mets)
1976 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California
1978 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St. Andrews
1979 34th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz
1979 Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India
1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th Secretary of State by a vote of 97-0
1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1983 Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"
1984 39th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
1985 Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe
1986 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston
1986 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
1987 Boy George barred from British TV show: he may be a bad influence
1987 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan
1990 45th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
1991 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1991 U.S. troops leave northern Iraq
1992 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed
1994 Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1994 Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington D.C. on July 25th
1994 New Jersey Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)
1996 MSNBC begins Microsoft Internet-NBC TV
1996 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers
1996 Southern Mexico hit with a 6.5 earthquake
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