1314 ~ Scotland regained its independence at the Battle of Bannockburn, when forces led by Robert the Bruce beat Edward II of England.

1519 ~ Death of Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara.

1692 ~ Kingston, Jamaica founded.

1842 ~ Birthday of Ambrose Bierce, Author

1901 ~ First exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens.

1915 ~ Birthday of Fred Hoyle, Cosmologist & Science Fiction Author.

1918 ~ First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.

1948 ~ Start of the Berlin Blockade. The Soviet Union made overland travel between the West with West Berlin impossible.



Holidays and observances:
Feast day of St. John the Baptist
Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador (celebrating the 1497 discovery by John Cabot)

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