334 BC: Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus

1570: First atlas “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum” (Theatre of the World) is published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps

1843: First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri, for Oregon with 700 to 1,000 migrants

1939: Germany’s Adolf Hitler and Italy’s Benito Mussolini sign the “Pact of Steel” formalizing the 1936 alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

2014: Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, stage a coup in Thailand, suspend the kingdom’s constitution, and take control of the government, the 12th since the country’s first coup in 1932

Source: Onthisday.com