- 1189 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade
- 1751 1st hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) in the 13 Colonies in America
- 1924 Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, merging the two companies
- 1960 1st contraceptive pill is made available for sale
- 1995 In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
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