1429 – Boy king Henry VI, aged seven, is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
1918 – Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns
1936 – RCA displays TV for press
1938 – The three DiMaggio brothers, Joe, Vince, and Dom, play together for the first time in a charity all-star game in California
1943 – Soviet forces reconquer Kiev
1967 – Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
1985 – M-19 guerrillas occupy Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia
1995 – Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir who opposed peace with Palestinians