1098 ~ The Crusaders took Antioch.

1808 ~ Birthday of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.

1875 ~ Death of Georges Bizet, Composer.

1888 ~ The poem “Casey at the Bat”, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published.

1899 ~ Death of Johann Strauss Jr., Composer.

1918 ~ Birthday of Lili St. Cyr, Ecdysiast.

1930 ~ Birthday of Marion Zimmer Bradley, Science Fiction Author.

1937 ~ The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson.

1944 ~ Charles de Gaulle became Prime Minister of France.

1989 ~ The government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square.

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