• 1554  Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated and his rebellion against Queen Mary crushed
  • 1788  Austria declares war on Russia
  • 1861  Tennessee votes against secession (US Civil War)
  • 1945  The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway.
  • 1962  Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
  • 1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
  • 1969 Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight
  • 1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
  • 1995 STS-63 – 2nd mission of US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program goes into space