Today in history
  • 1189Richard the Lionheart is crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews are massacred after the coronation - Richard ordered the perpetrators be executed
  • 1651Battle of Worcester: Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
  • 1838Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
  • 1916US President Woodrow Wilson signs Adamson Act, providing an 8-hour day on interstate railroads, preventing a national railroad strike
  • 1940Adolf Hitler orders an invasion of Great Britain for Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)
  • 1953French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
  • 1964Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 1967Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
  • 1977Last broadcast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on CBS
  • 201113th Athletics World Championships: Usain Bolt wins 200m