1250-The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, and Louis IX of France is captured
1598-Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1860-First Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California
1868-Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide
1970-Apollo 13 announces, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here" after a Beech-built oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon
1975-Chad military coup by General Odingar
1987-Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)