1241-Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans
1667-First public art exhibition (Palais Royal in Paris)
1770-Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
1869-Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada
1872-Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk
1912-Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for New York
1918-Latvia proclaims independence from Russia
1928-Turkey passes separation of church and state
1940-Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WWII (Denmark surrenders)
1952-Popular uprising in Bolivia
1953-"TV Guide" publishes first issue
1963-Winston Churchill proclaimed honorary U.S. citizen in White House ceremony
1966-Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
1970-Paul McCartney announces official split of the Beatles