On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1515: King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthaus Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy.
1759: British troops defeat the French on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec.
1782: The British fortress at Gibraltar comes under attack by French and Spanish forces.
1789: Guardsmen in Orleans, France, open fire on rioters trying to loot bakeries, killing 90.
1961: An unmanned Mercury capsule is orbited and recovered by NASA in a test.
1993: The Oslo Accords, granting limited Palestinian autonomy, are signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House.
2007: UN adopts non-binding Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
