1485: Wars of the Roses ended in England.
On this day Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII) defeated the Yorkist king Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field. It was in effect the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, and it established the Tudor dynasty on the English throne.
| 2004: | | The Edvard Munch painting The Scream (1893) was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway; another version of the painting had been stolen in 1994 but was later recovered. |
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| 1978: | | Rebel Sandinistas occupied the National Palace in Managua, Nicaragua, holding more than 1,000 hostages for two days, in opposition to the Somoza government. |
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| 1973: | | U.S. President Richard M. Nixon named Henry Kissinger secretary of state. |
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| 1851: | | | The first America's Cup was won by the American yacht America, in a race around the Isle of Wight. |
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| 1642: | | The English Civil Wars, between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, began when King Charles I formally raised the royal standard at Nottingham. |
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