1057 – The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory
1797 – Nore Mutiny: British Royal Navy sailors mutiny on the Thames, England and blockade London
1864 – Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, fought in Chesterfield County, Virginia (Peninsula Campaign), Confederate victory (US Civil War)
1917 – 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
1928 – Benito Mussolini announces moves to end women’s suffrage in a speech to the Senate in Italy
1942 – Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1975 – US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1982 – Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
1984 – France performs nuclear test
2019 – British TV Awards (Baftas): “Killing Eve” Jodie Comer and Benedict Cumberbatch win