1453 ~ Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks, marking the end of Byzantium.

1630 ~ Birthday of King Charles II of England.

1733 ~ Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.

1763 ~ Birthday of Patrick Henry, Patriot.

1874 ~ Birthday of G. K. Chesterton, Author.

1906 ~ Birthday of T.H. White, Author.

1913 ~ Igor Stravinsky's ballet score “The Rite of Spring” was premiered in Paris.

1917 ~ Birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, U.S. President

1919 ~ Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirmed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

1953 ~ Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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