In History:
1512 - French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna
1572 - Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out
1679 - German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1879 - Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession
1901 - Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
1937 - 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released
1948 - Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion
1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16 degrees
1974 - Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph
1981 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
1988 - 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan. What ever happened to a Haystacks Calhoun?
1994 - "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
1997 - OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action.
2013 - UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage