1453 France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War.
1762 Peter III of Russia is murdered and his wife, Catherine II, takes the throne.
1785 France limits the importation of goods from Britain.
1791 National Guard troops open fire on a crowd of demonstrators in Paris.
1799 Ottoman forces, supported by the British, capture Egyptian city from the French.
1801 The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1821 Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.

Sexuality is not just for the young. Results from a University of Chicago survey published in 2007 suggested that over half of Americans remain sexually active well into their 70s. That said, sexual activity does subside with age. Biological factors tug in that direction, as do social arrangements: older people, especially women, often end up single when a spouse or partner dies. But researchers at Indiana University report that 20% to 30% of long-lived Americans are sexually active into their 80s.

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FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SYRIAN CAPITAL. UN Meets With Russia
The U.N. special envoy Annan joins Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss that non stop violence.

FED'S NEXT STEPS. Measures To Renew US Economy.
Bernanke offers another semiannual report to the US Senate Banking Committee.

YAHOO TAPS NEW CEO. Hires From Competition.
While working for Google, new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer played a key role in developing services that troubled the same company she now leads.

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The humanitarian response for Syria is facing a critical shortage of funds, a top UN relief official warned today, calling on the donor community to scale up their contributions to enable aid agencies to help those affected by the escalating crisis.

“If we don’t get more money, people will die and there will be more humanitarian suffering. The needs will continue to grow as long as this conflict continues – that is a sad and tragic truth,” said John Ging, the Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

1765 English Prime Minister Lord Greenville resigns and replced by Lord Rockingham.
1774 Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the treaty ending their six-year war.
1779 American troops under General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, N.Y.
1875 The new French constitution is finalized.
1882 Mary Todd Lincoln, the widow of Abraham Lincoln, dies of a stroke.
1918 Czar Nicholas and his family are murdered by Bolsheviks in Russia.
1940 Adolf Hitler orders preparations for the invasion of England.