627 The Mayan city of Bahlam Jo was sacked and burned

1020 Lady Godiva allegedly does her thing

1223 Battle of Kalka: Subotai's Mongols defeat the Russians

1257 Battle of Pontargottn: the Welch defeat the English

1740 Accession of Frederick II "the Great" as King of Prussia (1740-1786)

1859 Battle of Palestro: Franco-Piedmontese defeat the Austrians

1862 Battle of Seven Pines/Fair Oaks, Va

1866 The Fenians invade Canada from the US on two fronts, across the Niagara, and into New Brunswick

1889 The Johnstown Flood: A country club dam bursts, destroying much of the town and killing over 2,000 people

1898 Santiago: US ships and Spanish batteries exchange fire

1902 Treaty of Vereeniging: Boer War ends, Britain annexes Transvaal

1906 Madrid: Bomb kills 29, injures 90.

1915 Zeppelin 'LZ-38' makes the first airship raid on London, the first airship to bomb London on 31 May 1915, dropping 1.5 tons of bombs, killing seven people

1916 The Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet wins a strategic victory over the German High Sea Fleet, which never goes to sea again

1921 Tulsa "Race Riot": scores - perhaps hundreds - of blacks slain

1934 From USS 'Indianapolis' (CA-35) FDR reviews the US Fleet as it enters NY harbor

1937 German ships bombard Almeria, Spain, retaliating for an accidental air attack on a German warship

1942 The Battle of Sydney: Japanese mini-sub causes panic in Sydney harbor

1947 Communists seize power in Hungary

1961 Apartheidist South Africa declares itself a republic outside the British Commonwealth

1974 Israel & Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights