1250 - The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France captured
1598 - Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1860 - 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California
1868 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide
1964 - 36th Academy Awards: “Tom Jones” (Best Film), Patricia Neal (Hud) and Sidney…
