1096 – Crusaders massacre Jews of Worms
1869 – Surrender and dissolution of the Ezo Republic to Japan
1896 – US Supreme court affirms legitimacy of racial separation (Plessy v Ferguson), a doctrine that came to be known as “separate but equal”
1929 – MLB record 50 runs for a doubleheader: Brooklyn Robins beat Philadelphia Phillies, 20-16 in first game, Phillies win 8-6 in nightcap, at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 – David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC-TV
1980 – People’s Republic of China launches 1st intercontinental rocket
1985 – Murray Head’s “One Night In Bangkok” single (written by Tim Rice, and Abba’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus) hits #3 in US
1992 – US Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
2008 – “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford, and produced by George Lucas’ Lucasfilms, premiers at the Cannes Film Festival
2019 – Australian federal elections won by Scott Morrison’s coalition government in a surprise result