history

1040: Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback through Coventry, England, according to legend, to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes.

1940: The Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel.

1944: Tommy Douglas becomes the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. 1978: World News Tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first Black anchor on a network newscast in the U.S.