1778 – American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
1863 – Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
1927 – Imperial Airways is the first British airliner to serve cooked meals
1946 – The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy
1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for “Annie Allen”
1977 – American golfer Gene Littler wins the Houston Open, his 29th and final PGA title
1980 – 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Larry Gatlin and Crystal Gayle win
1995 – Montreal Canadiens lose 2-0 at Buffalo to miss Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 25 years
2004 – Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
2005 – 17-year old Lionel Messi scores his 1st senior league goal for FC Barcelona in 2-0 win against Albacete Balompié, at the Spotify Camp Nou in Barcelona
