1066 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is killed in the battle
1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland’s independence
1774 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia
1776 Baptism of Benjamin Randall as an adult, having switched to Baptist views while in the Continental Army.
1867 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigns in Japan
1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1886 The Presbyterian Synod of Michigan adopts a resolution that leads to the founding of Alma College, principally to educate ministerial students for the Presbyterian Church.
1898 Slaughter of French Catholic missionary Henri Chanes and eleven Chinese Christians at Boluo in Guangdong Province. The massacre comes at a time of growing anti-foreigner sentiment in China, owing to Western seizures of Chinese ports and one-sided treaties forced on the hapless nation.
1916 Razafindrasoa of Madagascar takes her vows as a nun. Her Protestant family had opposed the move, even with beatings, until the last moment. Sister Marie-Joseph (the name she takes) will work with children and as a family counselor.
1933 Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations
1982 US President Reagan proclaims a war on drugs
Today in Film & TV
2007 “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US
Today in Sport
1991 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes the first player to score 500th NHL goals
Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Arthur Conan Doyle publishes “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” collection of 12 stories originally published serially in “The Strand Magazine”, on this day in 1892
