1085 ~ Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.

1521 ~ The Diet of Worms ended with the Edict of Worms declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

1803 ~ Birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essayist & Poet.

1889 ~ Birthday of Igor Sikorsky, developer of a working helicopter.

1892 ~ Birthday of Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia.

1925 ~ John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

1929 ~ Birthday of Beverly Sills, Soprano.

1961 ~ President Kennedy announced his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.

1963 ~ In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organization of African Unity was established.

1973 ~ Mike Oldfield released “Tubular Bells”.

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