1218 Battle of Zibello: Milanese defeat the Cremonese

1266 Charles of Anjou is elected King of Sicily (1266-1282)

1349 Battle of Melito: The Hungarians defeat the Neapolitans

1491 Coup attempt against the Baglioni at Perugia by the Oddi & other exiles, c. 60 die

1513 Battle of Novara: Swiss defeat the French, restoring the Sforza to Milan

1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (1523-1560)

1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill

1660 James the Duke of York (later James II), becomes Lord High Admiral of England

1757 Battle of Prague: Frederick the Great of Prussia defeats the Austrians

1775 NY patriots prevent the Royal Governor from removing munitions from the city

1797 The French create the Ligurian Republic at Genoa

1799 First Battle of Zurich, Day 3: Austrians v. French (ends 7th)

1813 Battle of Stony Creek, Ont: U.S. invasion of Canada halted

1857 Cawnpore Massacre: Sepoy Mutineers slaughter British women and children

1862 River Battle off Memphis: Yank gunboats defeat Rebs, with only 1 man m/w

1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, VA

1864 Battle of Lake Chicot/Dutch Bayou, AR

1898 Marines land at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

1898 Action at Santiago, Cuba: US ships exchange fire with Spanish batteries

1918 The US Marines secure Belleau Wood

1920 Wrangel's "White Guard" undertakes an offensive against the Red Army

1942 Aleutians Campaign: Japanese troops land on Kiska

1942 Midway Campaign: Japanese sub 'I-168' torpedoes damaged 'Yorktown' (CV-5), sinks 'Hammann' (DD-412), as American carrier a/c attack the retiring Japanese, sinking or damaging 2 CAs

1942 Use of a nylon parachute first demonstrate, by Adeline Gray, at Hartford

1943 Aleutians Campaign: Japanese decide to evacuate Kiska

1944 D-Day

1944 John Eisenhower graduates from USMA, then sail for Europe aboard the 'Queen Mary', to spend 19 days (14 Jun-2 Jul) with his father, who was otherwise occupied

1944 Lucie Maria Rommel's 50th Birthday

1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., earns a Medal of Honor on Utah Beach

1944 President Roosevelt leads the nation in prayer

1944 Waffen-SS murders Canadian prisoners at Normandy

1945 Okinawa: Marines capture Naha airfield

1949George Orwell's "1984" published

1966 James Meredith (USAF, 1951-1960), civil rights worker, a black student at Ole Miss, is wounded by a white sniper

1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out the PLO

1985 Body of Nazi criminal Josef Mengele located in Paraguay