1553 – Volumes of Talmud are burned
1555 – English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king
1652 – King Louis XIV returns to Paris
1869 – 1st shipment of fresh oysters comes overland from Baltimore
1899 – Battle at Elandslaagte Natal: (Boers vs British army)
1914 – Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
1950 – Death penalty abolished in Belgium
1959 – Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York
1979 – Ozzie Newsome begins NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
2017 – Spanish government suspends Catalonia’s autonomy in the face of a deepening political crisis over the region’s push for independence