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Facts
1415 Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat larger French army and the longbow defeats the armoured knight
1854 The infamous Charge of Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War; over 100 killed
1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Nuremberg
1962 US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson demands USSR UN rep Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1971 United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the Communist People's Republic of China
Deaths
304 Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies
1400 Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London
1760 George II [George Augustus], King of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 76
1957 Albert Anastasia [Umberto Anastasio], American gangster (Murder Inc), murdered at 55
1975 Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83
1992 Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82
1999 Payne Stewart, American golfer, dies in a plane crash at 42
2002 Richard Harris, Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72
2016 Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer, Captain of winning World Cup team (1970), dies at 72
Born on this day
1984 Katy Perry [Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson], American pop singer (I Kissed A Girl, Waking Up In Vegas), born in Santa Barbara, California
Frank Puglia
Albert Anastasia
Adlai Stevenson