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1381
- During the Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels from Kent reach Blackheath. At the same time, Richard Lyons, a wealthy London merchant and landowner, had his property attacked in Overhall.
1798
- The Battle of Ballynahinch begins during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
1963
- Civil rights activist and NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered outside his home.
1964
- Anti-Apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison.