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1386 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively won the Battle of the Vikhra River Principality of Smolensk a vassal state .1760 – Seven Years' War : France began an unsuccessful attempt Quebec City , which had been captured by Britain .1826 – In Parramatta , Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A (pictured) , which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.1910 – Parliament passed the People's Budget budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth .1944 – Second World War : British agent Nancy Wake Auvergne , France, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local Maquis group.1945 – World War II : The U.S. Army liberated Dachau , the first Nazi concentration camp , and killed prisoners of war .1968 – The controversial Broadway musical Hair counterculture of the 1960s , opened, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement .1970 – Vietnam War : South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign North Vietnamese jungle bases.1991 – A powerful tropical cyclone Chittagong , Bangladesh, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving up to 10 million homeless across the region.1992 – The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles (damage pictured) , during which 63 people were killed.1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention chemical weapons in the 87 countries that had ratified the convention .2011 – Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married Westminster Abbey in London.2015 – The ringleaders of the Bali Nine smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin to Australia in 2005.Born/died this day: | Catherine of Siena Louis II of AnjouThomas Cooper James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde Georgia Hopley Thomas Beecham Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman Harold Urey John Compton Rae Johnstone Uma Thurman Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.
