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[edit] Events

• 1429 - French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc crush the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
• 1812 - War of 1812: The U.S. Congress declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1815 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo leads to Napoleon Bonaparte abdicating the throne of France for a second and final time.
• 1858 - Charles Darwin receives from Alfred Russel Wallace a paper that included nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.
• 1945 - William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) is charged with treason.
• 1953 - The Republic of Egypt is declared and the monarchy is abolished.
• 1969 - The terrorist group the Weathermen splits from SDS.
• 1983 - Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
• 1996 - Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.

[edit] Births

• 1854 - E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926)
• 1882 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian Communist leader (d. 1949)
• 1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator
• 1942
  • Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (The Beatles)
  • Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
• 1949
  • Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present
  • Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish prime minister, twin brother of Lech Kaczyński

[edit] Deaths

• 1916 - Max Immelmann, German flying ace (b. 1890)
• 1974 - Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1896)
• 1984 - Alan Berg, Jewish radio talk show host (b. 1934)
• 1989 - I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)