1204: 4th Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople
1811: 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington
1872: Jesse James’ gang robs a bank of $1,500 in Columbia, Kentucky, 1 dead
1927: Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
Source: Onthisday.com
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