1260 ~ Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, took Damascus.

1810 ~ Birthday of Frédéric Chopin, Composer & Pianist.

1904 ~ England regains cricket Ashes from Australia.

1904 ~ Birthday of Glenn Miller, Big Band Leader.

1909 ~ Birthday of David Niven, Actor.

1927 ~ Birthday of Harry Belafonte, Singer & Actor.

1950 ~ Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for espionage.

1954 ~ U.S. detonated 20 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini atoll.

1974 ~ Watergate grand jury indicted 7 presidential aides.

1981 ~ Bobby Sands, IRA member, began 65-day hunger strike. He died from his efforts.

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