| On this date in: |
| 1314 |
The forces of Scotland’s King Robert I defeated the English in the Battle of Bannockburn. |
| 1509 |
Henry VIII was crowned king of England. |
| 1793 |
The first republican constitution in France was adopted. |
| 1908 |
Former President Grover Cleveland died in Princeton, N.J., at age 71. |
| 1940 |
France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II. |
| 1974 |
The Beach Boys’ greatest hits album “Endless Summer” was released. |
| 1998 |
AT&T Corp. struck a deal to buy cable television giant Tele-Communications Inc. for $31.7 billion. |
| 2004 |
Federal investigators questioned President George W. Bush for more than an hour in connection with the news leak of a CIA operative’s name. |
| 2006 |
Patsy Ramsey, who was thrust into the national spotlight by the unsolved slaying of her daughter JonBenet, died at age 49. |
| 2009 |
After going AWOL for seven days, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit his mistress. |
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| 2010 |
John Isner of the U.S. defeated Nicolas Mahut of France at Wimbledon in the longest-ever professional match: 11 hours, 5 minutes over three days. (Isner won the fifth set 70-68.) |
| 2011 |
New York State legalized same-sex marriage. |
