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- 1242 - Russian troops repelled an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
- 1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
- 1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, MA, on a return trip to England.
- 1869 - Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the U.S. Revolutionary War, died at the age of 109.
- 1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
- 1951 - Communist, Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
- 1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."
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