630 Roman Emperor Heraclius returns the "True Cross", recaptured from the Persians to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

867 Battle of York: Danes defeat King Aelle of Northumbria

1084 Emperor Henry IV captures Rome and Pope Gregory VII

1146 St. Bernard of Clairveaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy

1152 Marriage of King Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine

1421 Battle of Beauge: The English are defeated by the French

1625 Franco-Piedmontese capture Novi from the Spanish-Genoese

1788 Second Great Fire of New Orleans: c. 800-850 buildings houses burn after a votive candle ignites some curtain

s1814 Battle of Arcis-Sur-Aube, Day 2: Austro-Russians defeat Napoleon

1824 Explosion and fire at the Citadel at Cairo, over 4,000 die

1836 Mexicans capture Copano, Texas

1848 Combat at Sforzesca: Piedmontese defeat the Austrians

1849 Combat at Borgo San Siro: Austrians defeat the Piedmontese

1849 Combat at Gambolo: Piedmontese defeat the Austrians

1849 Combat at Mortara: Austrians defeat the Piedmontese

1866 Congress authorizes a national soldiers' homes

1918 "Operation Michel" - Germans begin the first offensive of "Die Kaiserschlacht"

1927 Kuomintang forces occupy Shanghai

1937 Police fire on nationalist parade, Ponce, PR, 19 die

1939 Hitler demands the annexation of the Free City of Danzig

1940 Paul Reynaud becomes French premier (March 21 - June 16, 1940)

1942 Jimmy Stewart enlists in the USAAF

1942 Major Italo-German air attacks on Malta

1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails

1945 Okinawa: Japanese use Okha suicide planes for the first time

1945 Navy Chaplain Rabbi Roland Gittelson dedicates a cemetery on Iwo Jima

1951 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage

1960 Sharpeville, South Africa: Police open fire on black demonstrators protesting apartheid, killing 69

1967 Battle of Suoi Tre: Major US victory over the VC/NVA

1984 Soviet sub collides with USS 'Kitty Hawk' (CV-63) off Japan