533: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals led by King Gelimer at the Battle of Tricamarum

1256: Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive in Southwest Asia

1488: Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming the first known European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope

1612: German astronomer Simon Marius is the first to observe the Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope, describing it as “like a candle seen at night through a horn”

1791: US Bill of Rights is ratified and becomes Amendments 1 through 10 of the US Constitution when Virginia gives its approval

1840: Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death
Anzac Cove where Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli in 1915Gallipoli: Guts, Glory and Defeat

1915: ANZAC forces begin their withdrawal from the Gallipoli Peninsula after Ottoman forces successfully defend access to Constantinople

1973: American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders

Source: Onthisday.com