1531 - Battle of Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic cantons beat protestant forces of Zurich; Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed
1634 - Burchardi flood, known as the second "Grote Mandrenke," kills about 15,000 people in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany
1958 - Musical "Goldilocks" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in NYC for 161 performances
1969 - Soyuz 6 launches; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in the next two days as part of a triple spacecraft missile
1979 - East Germany frees political dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hübner

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