1812 Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die.
1923 UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin and US Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon agree to reschedule repayment of Britain's $4.5 billion war debt over 62 years.
1971 The Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial.
1977 US President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose).
1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief in Lyon in Nazi-occupied France, arrested in Bolivia.
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