TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017

On this day in history: 1099 - The Crusaders launched their final assault on Muslims in Jerusalem. 1534 - The Ottoman armies captured Tabriz in northwestern Persia. 1558 - Led by the court of Egmont, the Spanish army defeated the French at Gravelines, France.

1585 - A group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, reached Roanoke Island, NC.

1643 - In England, the Roundheads, led by Sir William Waller, were defeated by royalist troops under Lord Wilmot in the Battle of Roundway Down. 1878 - The Congress of Berlin divided the Balkans among European powers.

1931 - A major German financial institution, Danabank, failed. This led to the closing of all banks in Germany until August 5. 1941 - Britain and the Soviet Union signed a mutual aid pact, that provided the means for Britain to send war material to the Soviet Union.

1945 - Joseph Benedict Chifley, Australia’s fifth wartime Prime Minister, is sworn into office.

1954 - In Geneva, the United States, Great Britain and France reached an accord on Indochina which divided Vietnam into two countries, North and South, along the 17th parallel.

1973 - David Bedford set a new world record in the 10,000-meter race in London. His time was 27 minutes, 31 seconds.

1984 - In Arkansas, Terry Wallis was injured in a car accident and was left comatose. He came out of the coma in June of 2003. 1998 - “Image of an Assassination” went on sale. The video documentary is of Abraham Zapruder’s home video of U.S. President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas.

2000 - The United States and Vietnam singed a major trade agreement. The pact still needed to be approved by the US Congress.