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70 Roman army under General Titus completes the siege of Jerusalem by destroying what remained after four months of occupation and plundering
1024 Duke Conrad II chosen as German king and crowned at Mainz Cathedral
1276 John XXI [Peter Juliani] is elected Pope, the only Portuguese Pope
1380 Battle of Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dmitry defeats the Mongols, beginning the decline of the Tatars
1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress: Mongolians capture the Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming
1504 Michelangelo's statue of David is unveiled in Florence
1565 First permanent European settlement in the US is founded in St. Augustine, Florida
1664 The Dutch surrender the colony of New Netherland, including New Amsterdam (modern-day New York), to a force of about 300 English soldiers
1894 Employed by Thomas Edison, William K.L. Dickson films the first boxing match in West Orange, New Jersey, an exhibition between world heavyweight champion James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney
1941 Siege of Leningrad by German, Finnish, and eventually Spanish troops begins during World War II; battle lasts over 28 months as Soviets repel the invasion; well over a million lives are lost
1960 Nationwide release of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
1965 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees."
1965 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris plays all nine positions in a game
1966 "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, with the episode "The Man Trap"
1970 Black September hijackings begin as three airliners are hijacked and destroyed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
2016 Giraffe DNA study published in "Current Biology" reveals there are four species, not just one as previously assumed
2022 Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years as the UK's longest-serving monarch; her eldest son inherits the throne as King Charles III
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