1430--Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians in the Siege of Compiegne.
1533--The marriage of King Henry VIII Tudor and Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1788--South Carolina becomes the 8th State to ratify the Constitution.
1813--Simon Bolivar begins the invasion of Venezuela and is declared El Libertador.
1846--Mexico declares war on the United States.
1863--The first African-American to win the Medal of Honor, William Harvey Carney, is awarded for his heroism in the Assault on Battery Wagner.
1939--The USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire with the loss of 26 crew, but the remaining 33 crew are rescued the next day.
1949--The Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is founded with the adoption of The Basic Law.
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