1. 1421 - Thousands die in massive flood.
2. 1558 - Elizabeth I aged
25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen
"Bloody" Mary.
3. 1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats an Italian army near the Alpine River, Italy.
4. 1855 - David
Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in
what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe.
5.
1931 - Charles Lindbergh inaugurates Pan Am service from
Cuba to South America in the Sikorsky flying boat American Clippe.
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