USS Jeannette
- 313 – The Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine the Great and Licinius to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire, was posted in Nicomedia.
- 1881 – An Arctic Ocean ice pack crushed the USS Jeannette (pictured) during its expedition to the North Pole.
- 1944 – Second World War: During the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann personally destroyed dozens of Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.
- 1981 – English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
- 2007 – Former Iraqi government official Haitham al-Badri orchestrated a second bombing of the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
Veronica Gambara (d. 1550) · W. B. Yeats (b. 1865) · Carolyn Eisele (b. 1902)
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