1846
Manifest Destiny
The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
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1568
Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.
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1938
Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.
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1940
Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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1973
Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
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1981
Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
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