266BC Triumph of N. Fabius Pictor for the defeat of the Umbrians

610 Hercalius becomes Roman Emperor (610-641)

1496 Federigo I becomes King of Naples (1496-1501)

1556 The English took Zutphen, in the Netherlands, from the Spanish by storm

1689 Pietro Ottoboni elected Pope as Alexander VIII (1689-91), b. 1610

1813 Battle of the Thames, Ont: Wm Henry Harrison defeats the British & Indians

1862 Battle of Big Hatchie River, Ms

1863 Torpedoboat CSS 'David' damages USS 'New Ironsides' with a spar torpedo off Charleston

1864 Battle of Allatoona

1877 Chief Joseph says "I will fight no more forever."

1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey under Tsar Ferdinand I

1911 Italian troops attack Tripoli

1913 USN initiates trials of an amphibian flying boat

1930 Airship 'R101' crashes in a storm at Beauvais, France, 48 die, ending British use of rigid airships

1934 The Asturian Rebellion begins: Radical workers' revolt in northern Spain; suppressed with great severity by the 19th

1943 US aircraft & ships raid Japanese positions on Wake Is, leading to the execution of American civilians held prisoner

1962 "The Gallant Men" premiers on ABC, runs for one season

1969 Cuban defector flies a MiG-17 undetected to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla

1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross

1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is made an honorary American citizen

1986 The London Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms