655: Penda of Mercia loses the Battle of the Winwaed in what is modern-day Yorkshire, England, to Oswiu of Northumbria.
1280: German theologian philosopher Albertus Magnus dies.
1630: German astronomer Johannes Kepler dies.
1889: Emperor Pedro of Brazil is ousted in a coup d'etat.
1959: The Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, is murdered, a crime that will inspire Truman Capote to write In Cold Blood.
2007: In Bangladesh, around 5,000 people die in cyclone Sidr.
1280: German theologian philosopher Albertus Magnus dies.
1630: German astronomer Johannes Kepler dies.
1889: Emperor Pedro of Brazil is ousted in a coup d'etat.
1959: The Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, is murdered, a crime that will inspire Truman Capote to write In Cold Blood.
2007: In Bangladesh, around 5,000 people die in cyclone Sidr.
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