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The first day of this decisive battle in the First War of Scottish Independence saw King Robert the Bruce's forces repel an initial English cavalry attack. The battle, which concluded the next day, secured Scottish independence for several decades.
Robert Clive's British East India Company forces defeated the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah. This victory marked the beginning of nearly two centuries of British political and military dominance in India.
Sholes, along with Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule, received a patent for a machine that became the first commercially successful typewriter. This invention revolutionized written communication and office work.
U.S. President Richard Nixon signed the Education Amendments into law, which included Title IX. This landmark civil rights law prohibited sex-based discrimination in any education program receiving federal funding, profoundly impacting athletics and academics.
A bomb exploded aboard Air India Flight 182 over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 people on board. It was the deadliest terrorist attack involving an aircraft until the September 11 attacks in 2001.