On This Day…

1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time

1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

1918 Vladimir Lenin, leader of Soviet Russia, was shot and wounded by Fanya Kaplan after speaking at a factory in Moscow.

1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India

1941 Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII

1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle’s Hey Jude)

2008 Libya and Italy signed an accord under which Italy will pay $5 billion in compensation for colonial misdeeds during its decades-long rule of the North African country.

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