910-The last major Viking army to raid England, led by King Edward and Earl Æthelred, is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex1305-Scottish resistance leader William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution1583-Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the English crown, establishing the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire1716-Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Ottomans in a decisive victory1864 Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union Navy, led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"1905-First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place at U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, New York1992 — Four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, previously acquitted on charges of beating Rodney King, are indicted on federal civil rights charges1993 — Republican Guard kills 64 civilians at Gninguilim marketplace in Chad