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1138 

English defeat the Scottish at Cowton Moor, Yorkshire. Banners of various saints carried into battle - led to the name Battle of the Standard. The Scottish forces would lose 3/4 of their troops in the battle.

1485

Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at Bosworth Field. The York white rose and the Lancaster red rose meet at the battle, where England's King Richard III is killed by blows to his crown-encircled head. This victory establishes the Tudor dynasty in England and ends the War of the Roses.

1851

U.S. wins first America’s Cup. The U.S.-built schooner America bests a fleet of Britain’s finest ships in a race around England’s Isle of Wight.

1864

International Red Cross founded. The Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field is adopted by 12 nations meeting in Geneva.

1902

Cadillac Autos Founded. Named for the man who founded Detroit in 1801, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, Michigan's newest car company launches. The Cadillac Automobile Company rises from the ashes of the Henry Ford Company, after Ford leaves his company over a squabble with investors.

1942

Brazil declares war on the Axis powers. She is the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe.

1944

Romania captured by the Soviet Union. Soviet forces break through to Jassy, in northeastern Romania, convincing Romania’s King Michael to sign an armistice with the Allies and concede control of his country to the USSR.

1945

Conflict in Vietnam begins when a group of Free French parachute into southern Indochina, in response to a successful coup by communist guerilla Ho Chi Minh.

1989

Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout. He becomes the first pitcher in major league history to register 5,000 career strikeouts. Ryan would go on to rack up a total of 5,714 strikeouts, over 1,500 more than his closest competition.

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