This day in history

Police arrest more than 4,000 looters during a massive blackout caused by a power failure in the city of New York, America. 
 

In America, John F Kennedy wins the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for the Presidency.

Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis becomes last woman to be hanged in Britain. She is executed at Holloway Prison for the murder of her lover David Blakely.
 

The Balkans is re-organised with Serbia, Montenegro and Romania gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire as the Treaty of Berlin is signed. 

Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live at Buckingham Palace in London.
 

French Revolution leader Jean Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday. She is guillotined four days later.

Spanish forces defeat a French Army at the Battle of Gravelines in Calais, France. 
 

In America, the world famous Hollywood Sign is officially erected.