1302 – Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) near Kortrijk, Belgium: Flemish coalition defeat the French army of Philip IV
1346 – Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
1656 – The first Quakers to land in America (Boston), Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, are arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 years imprisonment they are deported back to Barbados
1859 – Big Ben’s second and current bell first chimes from inside the Clock Tower
1863 – Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
2000 – 71st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta
2012 – Police academy suicide bombing kills 20 in Sana’a, Yemen
2019 – Last models of Volkswagen’s Beetle car are produced in Pueblo, Mexico, ending production worldwide after 80 years
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