1071 – Battle of Manzikert, Byzantine Armenia (modern Malazgirt, Turkey ) fought between Byzantine Empire and Seljuq Turks.
1278 – Battle of Marchfeld: Rudolf of Habsburg defeats Ottokar II
1303 – Alaud din Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1346 – Battle of Crécy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III’s English longbows defeat Philip VI’s army, cannons used for first time in battle
1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.
1652 – Battle of Plymouth: General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England attacked a convoy of the Dutch Republic commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. Dutch victory
1791 – John Fitch granted US patent for his working steamboat
1843 – Charles Thurber patents a typewriter
1858 – First news dispatch by telegraph.
1873 – First free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri
1895 – Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1907 – Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
1929 – First US roller coaster built
1951 – Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart
1952 – Fluoridation of SF water begins
1955 – 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup)
1957 – USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
1972 – 20th Olympic games open at Munich German FR
1973 – David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
1973 – University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing
1974 – Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
1981 – Voyager 2 takes photos of Saturn’s moon Titan
1982 – NASA launches Telesat-F
1992 – “Anna Karenina” opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 performances
1996 – “7th Heaven”, starring Jessica Biel, debuts on The WB
By: Archa Dave
