On this day in 1453, the English were defeated at Castillon ending the Hundred Years' War with France.
On this day in 1717, King George I of Great Britain sailed down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music was premiered.
On this day in 1815, Napoleon surrendered to the British at Rochefort.
On this day in 1955, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
On this day in 2009, legendary CBS anchor Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. died at the age of 92.