1779 – Battle of Stone Ferry
1893 – Lizzie Borden acquitted of the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts
1900 – In China, most foreigners in the Peking legations now accept that they are under siege by Boxers
1900 – Baron Von Ketteler, German Minister, decides to go to the Chinese authorities to demand more guards for European protection from Boxers and is killed by Boxers en route
1948 – Deutsche Mark introduced in West Germany
1963 – 1st Mayor’s Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2
1976 – Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ
1988 – Price is Right model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera
1990 – Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
2012 – A Syrian fighter pilot lands in Jordan and defects from the Syrian uprising
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