Historical Events

Battle of Poitiers

1356 English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat the French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture French King John II during the Hundred Years' War

Anti-French Covenant

1523 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and England sign an anti-French covenant

1755 Great Britain & Russia sign military agreement

1848 Hyperion, a moon of Saturn, is the first non-round moon discovered by William Cranch Bond, his son George Phillips Bond, and William Lassell

1939 British Expeditionary Force reaches France

Lord Haw-Haw

1939 Lord Haw-Haw ( William Joyce ) becomes radio host of Reichsrundfunk Berlin

1945 Lord Haw Haw ( William Joyce ) sentenced to death in London

US Bars Charlie Chaplin

1952 The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-e

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