1204 - Crusaders occupied Constantinople.
1796 - In the United States enacted the first elephant from India.
1849 - Hungary was declared as republic.
1928 - The first trans Atlantic flight 33 W Bremen, from Europe to the United States (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl).
1959 - USAF launch ship Discoverer II in polar orbits.
1960 - Transit 1B, the first navigational satellite was placed in Earth orbit.
1984 - Spacecraft Challenger 5 of 11 space mission returns to Earth.
1850 - Born Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, a British astronomer.
1855 - Died Henry De la Beche, English geologist.
