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| 1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified ending the first phase of this century-long conflict between the Houses of Valois and Plantagenet | |
| 1537 - This third wife of Henry VIII dies of postnatal complications | |
| 1795 - This country is partitioned between Austria, Prussia and Russia | |
| 1812 - The army of this French emperor engages in the Battle of Maloyaroslavets near Moscow | |
| 1855 - James S. Sherman, 27th vice president of the United States, serving under this president, is born | |
| 1857 - The world's first football club is founded in this English city | |
| 1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph makes this equine-based mode of communication obsolete | |
| 1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to navigate this in a barrel | |
| 1903 - Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent responsible for killing this Public Enemy No. 1, is born | |
| 1911 - This man remains in the air for 9 minutes and 45 seconds at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. | |
| 1915 - Bob Kane, creator of this DC Comics vigilante, is born | |
| 1926 - This escape artist makes his last performance before dying of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix | |
| 1929 - Black Thursday - this event at the New York Stock Exchange triggers the Great Depression | |
| 1931 - This bridge connecting New York and New Jersey opens | |
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| 1935 - This NY-based Jewish racketeer and gangster is murdered | |
| 1936 - This Rolling Stones bass guitarist is born | |
| 1945 - This toothless international agency based in New York City is founded | |
| 1946 - This animation legend names names while testifying to the House Un-American Activities Committee | |
| 1947 - This actor, winner of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Fish Called Wanda, is born | |
| 1964 - Northern Rhodesia declares independence from the United Kingdom and becomes this country | |
| 1972 - This former Brooklyn Dodger who bproke Major League Baseball's color barrier, dies | |
| 1973 - Hostilities in this conflict between Israel, Egypt and Syria end | |
| 1973 - This Sporcle quiz contributor is born | |
| 1981 - This trampy reality star, best known for the MTV series A Shot of Love, is born | |
| 1991 - Gene Roddenberry, who created this science-fiction franchise, dies | |
| 1997 - Don Messick, voicer of many classic cartoon characters, including Shaggy's best friend ________, dies | |
| 2002 - John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are arrested, ending sniper attacks around this city | |
| 2003 - This once-vaunted form of supersonic transport plane makes its last flight | |
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