1477: Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold

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 the essay “A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire” to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas

1949: US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”

Source: Onthisday.com