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0455
Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome. The Vandals entered Rome, pillaged it for 14 days and then left, taking treasures and hostages (including Empress Eudoxia and her daughters). The Vandals then headed east to Greece and Dalmatia.
0553
The Second Council of Constantinople closed. Under the leadership of Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople, the council condemned various Nestorian writings.
0575
Benedict I is elected pope.
0597
Augustine, a missionary sent to England by the pope and first archbishop of Canterbury, baptized Saxon king Ethelbert. After this event, Christianity was able to spread much more quickly and easily among the Angles and Saxons.
0657
Pope Eugene I dies.
1491
King Henry VIII of England was born. Henry's desire to produce a male heir and his failure to do so with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, would lead to a conflict between Henry and the pope - and, after that, the English Reformation.
1535
Pope Leo XI is born.
1890
Bernhard Förster committed suicide. Förster was a professional antisemite and the husband of Friedrich Nietzsche's sister.
1935
Pius X is born.
1945
B. F. Skinner began writing "The Sun is But a Morning Star," but before publication the title was changed to "Walden Two."
1982
Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov was the victim of an assassination attempt by Palestinian hitmen in London. This resulted in Israeli retaliation in Lebanon. In "Operation Peace for Galilee" PLO bases throughout southern Lebanon were attacked and Israeli forces eventually encircled Beirut itself.
1989
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dies.
2006
Jews celebrate Shavuot.
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