1810
1881
Fugitive Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops.
1985
Treasure hunters found the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the coast of
1944 Adolf Hitler was only slightly wounded when a bomb planted by would-be assassins exploded at the German leader's Rastenburg headquarters.
1960:
Sirimavo Bandaranaike makes history when she becomes the first-ever female head of government.
1999 After 38 years at the bottom of the