1453: The Hundred Years' War between
1941: After hitting in a record 56 consecutive games, Joe DiMaggio is held hitless by the Cleveland Indians. The next day, he begins another hitting streak of 16 games.
1945: Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at the beginning of the Potsdam Conference, which will determine the details of the Allied occupation of
1810 - Napoleonic Empire annexes
1999 - A heat wave and a violent storm converge on central and eastern Europe killing more than a dozen people and blocking rails and roads. Hail causes extensive damage and kills hundreds of farm animals.
2000 - A damaged gasoline pipeline explodes in southern
2006 - Eight bombs hit
1974: Bomb blast at the Tower of London
An explosion in the
2000: Tesco bows to imperial pressure
British supermarket Tesco is to revive imperial measures in its stores.
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1898 -Spanish troops in