1215 - Pope Innocent III declares the Magna Carta invalid 1217 - Battle of South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1349 - Black Death Massacre: 6,000 Jews, blamed for spreading the Bubonic Plague, are killed in Mainz, Electorate of Mainz; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe 1981 - Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for John Lennon's murder 1991 - Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway 1993 - Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals 2008 - Dániel Varga and Péter Biros score 3 goals each as Hungary wins the men's water polo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics; third consecutive Olympic gold medal 2014 - Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone 2019 - US adventurer Victor Vescovo is the first person to visit the deepest point of every ocean when he reaches Molloy Hole, in the Arctic 2021 - Beyoncé becomes first black woman and third person to wear the Tiffany Diamond in an advertising campaign for the company alongside her husband Jay-Z More Historical Events »