On this day in history
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1647: Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner.
1717: The Freemasons are founded in London.
1792: Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.
1794: British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1859: The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.
1911: Gold is discovered in Alaska's Indian Creek.
1919: The U.S. Senate passes the Women's Suffrage bill.
1940: The British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk.
1943: In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo.
1944: The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.
1944: Allied troops liberate Rome.
1946: Juan Peron is installed as Argentina's president.
1953: North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects.
1960: The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China.
1972: Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy.
Source: HistoryNet.com
