CoM Moderators Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 1669 - Siege of Candia on Crete ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the Ottomans, the second-longest siege in history (began 1648) 1819 - American inventor Thomas Blanchard patents lathe 1944 - Gen. von Zangen's 15th Army escapes from Zeeland 1961 - USSR performs a nuclear test at Kapustin Yar, USSR 1963 - Historian Lee Allen says the Cleveland Indians-Washington Senators game is the 100,000th in Major League Baseball history 1982 - Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1982 - Jerry Lewis's 17th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,415,339 1986 - Jozef Pribilinec sets a speed walking world record time (15,447 km) More Historical Events »
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