Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1415

In Northern France, England won the Battle of Agincourt over France during the Hundred Years' War. Almost 6000 Frenchmen were killed while fewer than 400 were lost by the English.

1760

Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.

1812

The U.S. frigate United States captured the British vessel Macedonian during the War of 1812.

1854

The ''Charge of the Light Brigade'' took place during the Crimean War. British Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians. He took his troops into a valley and suffered 40 percent caualties.

1870

The first U.S. trademark was given. The recipient was the Averill Chemical Paint Company of New York City.

1917

The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.

1918

The Canadian steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the coast of Alaska; nearly 400 people perished.

1920

King Alexander of Greece died from blood poisoning that resulted from a bite from his pet monkey.

1929

Albert B. Fall, of U.S. President Harding's cabinet, was found guilty of taking a bribe. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000.

1951

Peace talks aimed at ending the Korean War resumed in Panmunjom after 63 days.

1955

The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.

1958

U.S. Marines withdrew from Beirut, Lebanon. They had been sent in on July 25, 1958, to protect the nation's pro-Western government.

1962

U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson presented photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba to the U.N. Security Council.

1962

American author John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.

1971

The United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.

1983

U.S. Marines and Rangers, assisted by soldiers from six Caribbean nations, invaded Grenada at the order of President Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.

1986

The Boston Red Sox lost Game 6 of the World Series to the New York Mets when a routine ground ball went through Boston first baseman Bill Buckner's legs, allowing the winning run to score in the 10th inning. Earlier in the inning, Boston had been one stri

1990

It was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney that the Pentagon was planning to send 100,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia.

1994

Susan Smith of Union, S.C., claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons; Smith later confessed to drowning the children and was convicted of murder.

1999

Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan bolted the GOP to mount a bid for the Reform Party nomination.

2000

AT&T Corp. announced that it would restructure into a family of four separately traded companies (consumer, business, broadband and wireless).

2001

Scientists announced they had unearthed the remains of an ancient crocodile which lived 110 million years ago. The animal, found in Gadoufaoua, Niger, grew as long as 40 feet and weighed as much as eight metric tons.

1881

The founder of "Cubism," Pablo Picasso, was born in Malaga, Spain.

1888

Richard Byrd, the first person to see the North Pole, was born.

1400

Author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.

1400

Geoffrey Chaucer died at the age of 57. He was the first poet to be buried in Westminster Abbey.

1999

Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet flew uncontrolled for four hours before crashing in South Dakota.

1999

Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet crashed in South Dakota. The plane flew uncontrolled for four hours before the crash.