1187: Sultan of Egypt Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders

1492: King Henry VII of England invades France

1789: George Washington transmits the proposed constitutional amendments, known as 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, is founded by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá in Madrid, Spain

1944: Polish resistance fighters capitulate in the Warsaw Uprising after an estimated 250,000 people are 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