1443 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl: Army of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeats an allied force of Zurich and Habsburg troops at the gates of Zurich; without means to lay siege to the city, they withdraw
1951 - General Francisco Craveiro Lopes appointed President of Portugal
1955 - Richard Nixon becomes the first US Vice President to preside over a cabinet meeting
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