Today in History

1070   Roqueford cheese is accidentally discovered in a cave near Roqueford, France, when a shepherd finds a lunch he had forgotten several days before.  
1615   The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege.  
1647   Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner.  
1717   The Freemasons are founded in London.  
1792   Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.  
1794   British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 1805   Tripoli is forced to conclude peace with the United States after a conflict over tribute.  
1859   The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.  
1864   Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreat to the mountains in Georgia.  
1911   Gold is discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.  
1918   French and American troops halt Germany's offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.
1919   The U.S. Senate passes the Women's Suffrage bill.  
1940   British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk.  
1943   In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo.  
1944   The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.  
1944   Allied troops liberate Rome.  
1946   Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president.  
1953   North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects.
1960   The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China. 1972  Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy.