1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem
1456 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II
1515 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire – rise of the Habsburgs influence
1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
1963 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
2011 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya
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Today in Film & TV
Poster for Ed Wood’s cult film Plan 9 from Outer SpaceThe Worst Movie Ever
1959 Ed Wood’s cult classic “plan 9 from outer space”, called one of the worse films ever, premieres
Today in Music
1933 Caterina Jarboro sings “Aida” at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US
Today in Sport
2017 South African golfer Branden Grace records lowest round for a men’s major championship – 62 in 3rd round at British Open, Royal Birkdale, England
1793 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
1898 Crew of Belgium RV Belgica see 1st sunrise in 1600 hrs – 1st expedition to endure Antarctic winter
Famous Weddings
1515 Anna of Bohemia (12) marries Karel van Ferdinand of Austria
1515 Louis of Hungary (9) marries Maria of Bohemia & succession to Hungarian throne
1850 American composer Stephen Foster (24) weds Jane Denny McDowell (20) at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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