1531 – Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1899 – James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 – Kind Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia
1915 – US President Wilson sends the second Lusitania note to Germany demanding reparations and prevention of ‘recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare'; Wilson refuses to recognize the ‘war zone’ that Germany has proclaimed around the British Isles
1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler’s order was given to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”.
1955 – 100°F – Hottest day in Seattle, Washington
1959 – 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1961 – Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1963 – Equal Pay Act enacted
1982 – Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
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