today in history

1654

By treaty, England receives privileges for its merchants in Portugal in exchange for military aid

1913

Turkey recaptures Adrianople from Bulgaria during Balkan War, regaining Ottoman Empire’s most important city

1923

Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa is assassinated in Hidalgo del Parral, Mexico

1969

U. S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon

1996

Hutu rebels attack Tutsi refugees at a camp in Burundi, killing some 320 people, mostly women and children