325 ~ First Council of Nicaea - first "Ecumenical Council" of the Christian Church.

1799 ~ Birthday of Honoré de Balzac, Author.

1806 ~ Birthday of John Stuart Mill, Philosopher.

1874 ~ Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

1901 ~ Birthday of Max Euwe, world chess champion

1902 ~ Cuba gained independence from the United States.

1915 ~ Birthday of Moshe Dayan, General.

1927 ~ Charles Lindbergh took off on the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

1932 ~ Amelia Earhart took off on the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot.

1940 ~ The first prisoners arrived at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.

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