1430 Ottoman Sultan Murad II captures Thessaloniki from the Venetians

1461 Battle of Towton: Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians in the bloodiest encounter ever on English soil

1500 Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) grants his son Cesare the title of Captain-General and Gonfalonier of the Holy Church

1628 Piedmontese invade Montferrat

1847 Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott captures Veracruz after a short siege

1849 Henry "Box" Brown escapes slavery by shipping himself from Richmond to Philadelphia in a packing case

1864 Britain cedes the Ionian Islands to Greece

1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA

1879 Battle of Kambula: British defeat the Zulu

1911 The U.S. Army adopts the M1911 .45 ACP pistol as its official sidearm

1935 French liner 'Normandie' begins her maiden voyage

1942 Barents Sea: British light cruiser 'Trinidad' torpedoes herself

1943 US begins rationing meat, butter, & cheese

1962 Military coup ousts Argentine Pres Arturo Frondizi (1958-1962)

1969 Communist New People's Army founded in the Philippines

1971 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in the My Lai massacre

1973 Last US troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

1994 Cease-fire ends Serbo-Croat War