Historical Events

William Wallace Executed

1305 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England at Smithfield, London

1553 Bishop Stephen Gardiner is appointed English Lord Chancellor

1711 British fleet under Admiral Hovenden Walker loses 950 men when 8 ships founder on rocks at Île-aux-Oeufs on their way to attack Quebec

1839 British capture Hong Kong from China

War Meeting

1911 British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany

1914 Battle of Mons: General Alexander von Kluck's troops force a British withdrawal

1921 British declare a truce with Irish Nationalists Sinn Féin

US National Women's Championship

1930 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Eng

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