• 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: French and Spanish forces fought a massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy.
• 1814 – The Treaty
of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition, and forcing
Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and sending him into exile on Elba.
• 1913 – The Nevill
Ground's pavilion was destroyed in the only suffragette arson attack on a
cricket ground.
• 1951 – US
President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his
commands for making public statements about the Korean War that contradicted
the administration's policies.
• 1970 – Apollo 13 is launched.
• 1996 – While
attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across
the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed
in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others.
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