1635 - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquers Schenkenschans
1939 - Fifth Dutch government of Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn falls
1943 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the end of coffee rationing in the US
1983 - NASA launches Telstar-3A
1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank

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