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1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside

1637 France's Cardinal Richelieu creates the table knife

1888 DeWolf Hopper 1st recites Casey at the Bat

1925 In Tallahassee, Florida, the State legislature passes a bill requiring daily Bible readings in all public schools.

1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock TX - the only known hail fatality

1940 Churchill says ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat'

1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany

1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight

1946 Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam

1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards

1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive homeruns of at least 463'

1958 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuela

1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it establishes diplomatic relations with Israel

1970 Beatles movie Let it Be premieres

1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels

1979 Shah & family sentenced to death in Iran

1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square

1985 Carlton Fisk becomes the 5th catcher to steal 100 bases

1989 About 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China

1991 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks