TODAY IN HISTORY

1504 Michelangelo’s 13-foot marble statue of David is unveiled in Florence, Italy.

1529

The Ottoman Sultan Suleiman re-enters Budapest and establishes John Zapolya as the puppet king of Hungary. 1565

Spanish explorers found St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States. 1644

The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British fleet that sails into its harbor. Five years later, the British change the name to New York.

1755

British forces under William Johnson defeat the French and the Indians at the Battle of Lake George.

1760

The French surrender the city of Montreal to the British. 1845

A French column surrenders at Sidi Brahim in the Algerian War. 1903

Up to 50,000 Bulgarian men, women and children are massacred in Monastir by Turkish troops seeking to check a threatened Macedonian uprising. 1906invents

Robert Turner the automatic typewriter return carriage.

1944

Germany’s V-2 offensive against England begins.