EMPEROR HENRY IV
1083- Holy Emperor Henry IV of Germany storm’s Rome,
capturing St Peter’s Cathedral.
SPANISH EXPLORER HERNANDO DE SOTO
1540- Spanish Explorer Hernando De Soto crosses The Appalachian Mountains, 1st European to do so.
DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY
1621- Dutch West India Company (WIC) receives charter for
The West Indies ( THE AMERICANS, CARIBBEAN, AND WEST AFRICA)
ROBERT E. LEE
1864- General Robert E. Lee wins his last victory of Civil
War at Battle of Cold Harbor.
INSURANCE COMPANY
1919- Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company ( Chicago) – The first insurance company organized by African Americans formed.
TREATY OF LIMA
1929- Chile and Peru signed the Treaty of Lima, finally
resolving their border dispute from the war of the Pacific. Chile keeps Arica
and Peru regains Tacna.
MONTENEGRO’S PARLIAMENT
2006- Montenegro’s Parliament declared the Republic Independence
after serving some 88 years of Union with Serbia.
RUSSIA WORLD WAR II
1943- The Russian army takes down 162 of 500 Nazi planes in
one of the biggest air battles of World War II. The German attack lasted
nearly to hours over Kursk
.
VATICAN POPE JOHN XXIII
1963- Pope John XXIII the 261st Pope of the Roman
Catholic Church died at the age of 81 less than 5 years after becoming Pope.
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