International
2005: Model Kate Moss is dropped by clothing chain H&M after allegations of drug taking
1976: Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion
1972: Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney’s farm
1854: Battle of the Alma: first major battle of Crimean War. British and French alliance defeat the Russians
1833: Charles Darwin arrives in Buenos Aires after travelling through the Argentine interior with guachos
1664: Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men
1519: Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe (Magellan killed on route)
1187: Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
622: Islamic Prophet Muhammed/Abu Bakr arrives in Jathrib (Medina)
(Source: On This Day)