70 A.D.--Titus, the son of Emperor Vespasian, begins the siege of Jerusalem.
1291--Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I (Longshanks) Plantagenet of England.
1774--Louis XVI Valois becomes King of France.
1775--the Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia.
1863--Stonewall Jackson dies after being accidentally shot by friendly forces.
1865--Jefferson davis is captured by Union forces near Irwinville, Georgia.
1940--Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
1940--Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the British Empire.
1960--The U.S.S. Triton, a nuclear submarine, completes an submerged circumnavigation of the world.
1994--Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as President of the Union of South Africa.
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