This Day In History

11099 - City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade

1205 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus

1207 - King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.

1240 - A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva 1307 Duke Henrik of Corinthia chosen as King of Bohemia

1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England

BattleBattle of Grunwald

1410 - Battle of Grunwald (First Battle of Tannenburg, Battle of Žalgiris), one of Medieval Europe's largest battles during Poland-Lithuanian Teutonic War. Polish King Władysław Jagiełło and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas defeat Teutonic Ulrich von Jungingen

1915 - The Austro-German forces launch an offensive along the Eastern Front

1918 - World War I: Second Battle of Marne begins

1923 - Italian parliament accepts new constitution

1940 - Physicist Donald Kerst becomes the first person to accelerate electrons using electromagnetic induction, reaching energies of 2.3 MeV, when his betatron device (for particle acceleration) becomes operational

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1941 - Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)

1941 - Britain's MAUDE Report edited by James Chadwick approved, concludes an atomic bomb is feasible

1948 - US President Harry Truman nominated for another term (Philadelphia)

1955 - 18 Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear

1959 - The US steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.