On this day in history
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Source: Historynet.com
1199: English King Richard I is killed by an arrow at the Siege of the Castle of Chalus in France.
1789: The First U.S. Congress begins regular sessions at Federal Hall in New York City.
1814: Granted sovereignty in the island of Elba and a pension from the French government, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates at Fontainebleau. He is allowed to keep the title of emperor.
1830: Joseph Smith and five others organize the Church of Latter-Day Saints in Seneca, New York.
1862: Confederate forces attack General Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee.
1865: At the Battle of Sailer's Creek, a third of Lee's army is cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox.
1896: The Modern Olympics begin in Athens with eight nations participating.
1903: French Army Nationalists are revealed to have forged documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dreyfus.
1909: Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first men to reach the North Pole.
1917: The United States declares war on Germany and enters World War I on Allied side.
1924: Four planes leave Seattle on the first successful flight around the world.
1938: The United States recognizes Nazi Germany's conquest of Austria.
1941: German forces invade Greece and Yugoslavia.
1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations.
