1645 – Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: “New Model Army” under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I
1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy
1934 – European despots Adolf Hitler, of Germany, and Benito Mussolini, of Italy, meet in Vienna, Austria
1936 – Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens in Germany
1949 – French-allied State of Vietnam is officially formed during the First Indochina War, Bảo Đại installed as Emperor
1965 – Beatles release album “Beatles VI”
1985 – “Michael Nesmith In Television Parts” premieres on NBC-TV
1988 – Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000, alleges he hit her
2017 – Fire in Grenfell Tower block in London, England kills 79 and injures 37