1066
William conquered
The Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
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1933
Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.
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1947
U.S. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.
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1964
Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.
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1968
The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.
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1990
Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.
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