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Events
- 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England.
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Ticonderoga: Due to a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies.
- 1937 - German Ministry of Education issues a decree forbidding Jews to qualify as physicians. Medical degrees already granted to Jews will not be renewed.
- 1941 - American forces invade Iceland
- 1947 - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
Births
- 1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
- 1808 - Johann Gustav Droysen, German historian (d. 1884)
- 1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Deaths
- 1189 - Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1535 - Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
- 1883 - Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer (b. 1853)
- 1962 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Otto Skorzeny, famous WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
