1512 – Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars. 1783 – Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War. 1814 – Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba. 1815 – The eruption of Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, killed about 10,000 people. 1868 – The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. 1955 – Chartered Air India plane the “Kashmir Princess” is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent. 1961 – The trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem; eight months later it ended with the only death sentence ever imposed by an Israeli court. 1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act. 1979 – Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya. 2015 – Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution. 2019 – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 29 years in power.
Births & Deaths: 2013 – Maria Tallchief, whose exquisite technique made her one of the greatest ballerinas in the United States, died at age 88.
Sport: 1750 – Jack Slack retains Champion of England boxing title, beats Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England; acknowledged as first international prize fight.
Music: 1966 – Frank Sinatra records “Strangers in the Night” single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts.
TV & Film: 1955 – “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956).
