1263 – King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing
1826 – Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
1887 – Dmitri Mendeleev makes a solo ascent by balloon to an altitude of 11,500 feet (3.5 km) above Klin, Russia to observe an eclipse
1914 – German fleet bombs English coast
1943 – Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle
1944 – Nazis give parts of Paris to Resistance
1955 – 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record)
1959 – Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1973 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 – 2 US Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22
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