1250: The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France captured
1598: Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
1860: 1st Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California
1868: Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala and Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II commits suicide
1970: Apollo 13 announces “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here”, as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
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