1187: Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders

1492: King Henry VII of England invades France

1789: George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification

1928: “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, known as Opus Dei, founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá

1944: Polish resistance fighters capitulate in the Warsaw Uprising, with some 250,000 people killed

2007: President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il

Source: Onthisday.com