1099 First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on
1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the 1st European to reach India by sea
1777 Independent Vermont introduces a new constitution, prohibiting slavery
1800 Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination in the US to his son to prevent smallpox
1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay, opening Japan to Western influence and trade
1948 500th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated in Moscow
1949 South Africa’s Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences, prohibiting marriage between White people and people of other races
Today in Film & TV
2010 “Inception”, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, premieres in London
Today in Music
1996 British girls group the Spice Girls release their debut single “Wannabe” in the UK
Today in Sport
1995 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title
Famous Weddings
1290 Princess Margaret (15), daughter of Edward I of England marries John II of Brabant at Westminster Abbey
1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
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