1461 - The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1620 - Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
1900 - In China, the Empress and some of her family, the court, and retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to put down the Boxer Rebellion
1947 - India gains independence from Great Britain, remains a dominion until 1950
1969 - Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles, killed 29 people and injured about 220
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