1097: 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch during the First Crusade
1603: Chinese uprising in the Philippines fails after 23,000 killed
1803: US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase
1917: US suffragette Alice Paul begins a 7 month jail sentence for peacefully picketing in support of the women’s Suffrage (right to vote) Amendment at the White House in Washington, D.C.
1935: Communist forces end their Long March at Yan’an, in Shaanxi, China, bringing Mao Zedong to prominence
1944: US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte
2020: US Justice Department sues Google for illegal monopoly over search and search advertising
Source: Onthisday.com
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