410 - Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire
1516 - Battle of Battle of Marj Dabiq: the Ottoman forces decisively beat the Mamluk Sultanate
1572 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris and later spreads to the French provinces
1662 - Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer
1814 - British forces captured Washington, DC, & burned down many landmarks (War of 1812)
1968 - France became world's 5th thermonuclear power with detonation on Mururoa
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 232
Cal Ripken Jr
Carlo Gambino
William Wilberforce
Yasser ArafatFamous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 5 of 61561 - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon
1899 - Businessman James Cash Penney (24) weds Bertha Alva Hess
1970 - Actor Peter Sellers (44) weds model Miranda Quarry
1987 - Actor Patrick Dempsey (21) weds manager Rocky Parker (47)
1996 - Actress-model Vendela (30) weds Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen (30) in Stockholm, Sweden
Famous Divorces
Divorces 1 - 2 of 21976 - Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (59) divorces her sixth husband, toy inventor Jack Ryan (49) after 1 year of marriage
2009 - American actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces TV personality Brandi Glanville (35) due to irreconcilable differences
Getulio Vargas
Henry J. Kaiser
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