1814 – British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
1861 – Alexandria, Virginia – Confederate troops abandon the city
1924 – Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
1926 – Geldrop soccer team forms
1955 – West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
1964 – Separatists riot in Quebec
1971 – Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
2001 – 127th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Chavez aboard Monarchos wins in 1:59.97
2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army
2012 – 17 people are killed and 47 missing after a flash flood in Nepal