1477: Battle of Nancy, Burgundy vs Switzerland, 7,000 + killed including their leader Charles Duke of Burgundy
1781: British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia
1919: German Workers’ Party forms, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi)
1930: Mao Zedong writes “A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire”
1949: US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”
Source: Onthisday.com
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