1085: Alfonso VI takes Toledo, Spain from the Muslims.
1787: The Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
1810: Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain.
1851: Jose Justo de Urquiza of Argentina leads a rebellion against Juan Manuel de Rosas, his former ally.
1911: Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico, resigns his office.
1914: The British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.
1925: John Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwinian theory in school.
1935: Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1946: Jordan gains independence from Britain.
1953: The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada.
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