On this day in 1190, some 500 Jews were massacred in York, England.
On this day in 1776, the British were forced by American revolutionaries under George Washington to evacuate Boston.
On this day in 1969, Golda Meir, a 70-year-old grandmother, took office as Israel's first female prime minister.
On this day in 1973, more than six million eligible voters went to the polls in Taiwan to elect county and city councilors, mayors and township chiefs for terms of four years.