1553 ― 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
1816 ― Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
1848 ― First women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY
1870 ― France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian War begins
1918 ― German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WWI)
1941 ― First U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated in Tuskegee, AL
1969 ― Apollo 11 goes into moon orbit
1980 ― Moscow Summer Olympics begin, U.S. & others boycott
1984 ― Lynn Rippelmeyer becomes first female 747 captain to fly across the Atlantic
1991 ― Miss Black America contestant accuses Mike Tyson of rape