1204 – 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople
1787 – Philadelphia’s Free African Society forms
1864 – Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee
1909 – Philadelphia’s Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium), baseball’s first steel and concrete stadium, opens; Athletics win 8-1 against Boston Red Sox
1935 – First flight of the Bristol Blenheim
1938 – 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
1955 – 1st game in KC, KC A’s beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
1966 – 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1990 – Anime TV series “Moomin”, based on Moomin children’s books by Tove Jansson 1st appears on Tokyo TV
2022 – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologies and is fined for attending parties during COVID-19 lockdown – first premier to be sanctioned for breaking the law