[color=#003300]1429 - Joan of Arc relieved the besieged city of Orleans in a victory over the English.
1813 - J.F. Hummel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received a patent for rubber.
1852 - Peter Roget's "Thesaurus" was first published.
1854 - Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for African-American students, was officially chartered.
1862 - Union forces captured New Orleans.
1901 - Birth of Hirohito, Japanese emperor (1926-1989).
1913 - Swedish-born U.S. inventor Gideon Sundback patented the zipper.
1945 - U.S. forces liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
1945 - Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun and designated Admiral Karl D