1220 – Was born Alexander Nevsky, a great prince of Novgorod and a Russian saint
1498 - Christopher Columbus, sailed of the Spanish port of Sanlúcar on a trip to the new world, and discovered Trinidad and the coast of South America
1527 - University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida
1854 - Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created
1896 - 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
1969 - Gibraltar gained the status of a British dominion with internal self-government
1934 – Was born Aleksey Leonov, a Soviet cosmonaut
