1632 - Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses to French royalist forces loyal to Louis XIII
1647 - French cardinal Mazarin and the Duke of Modena sign a treaty against Milan
1898 - First forestry school in America opens at Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
1946 - Greece votes in referendum to maintain the monarchy with 68.4% of the vote in support
2012 - US drone strike kills five people in North Waziristan, Pakistan

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