1099 | The Crusaders launch their final assault on Jerusalem. | |
1534 | Ottoman armies capture Tabriz in northwestern Persia. | |
1558 | Led by the court of Egmont, the Spanish army defeats the French at Gravelines, France. | |
1585 | A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reaches Roanoke Island, North Carolina. | |
1643 | In England, the Roundheads, led by Sir William Waller, are defeated by Royalist troops under Lord Wilmot in the Battle of Roundway Down. | |
1754 | George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to the French, leaving them in control of the Ohio Valley. | |
1787 | Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union and limiting the expansion of slavery. | |
1798 | English poet William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tintern Abbey. | |
1832 | Henry Schoolcraft discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. | |
1862 | Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union army at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. | |
1863 | Opponents of the draft begin three days of rioting in New York City. | |
1866 | The Great Eastern begins a two week voyage to complete a 12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and the United States. | |
1878 | The Congress of Berlin divides the Balkans among European powers. | |
1939 | Frank Sinatra records his first song, "From the Bottom of my Heart," with the Harry James Band. | |
1941 | Britain and the Soviet Union sign a mutual aid pact, providing the means for Britain to send war materiel to the Soviet Union. | |
1954 | In Geneva, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and France reach an accord on Indochina, dividing Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel. | |
1971 | The Army of Morrocco executes 10 leaders accused of leading a revolt. |
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Today in History
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