To vindicate someone is to show that they are not guilty. Vindicate can also mean “to show that someone or something that has been criticized or doubted is correct, true, or reasonable.”
☰Thought of the Day
"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs." - Farrah Gray
- The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch
- After 100 years of Crusader control, the last Crusader stronghold of Acre is reconquered and destroyed by the Mamluks under Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil
- Jules Massenet's opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris
- Khodynka Tragedy: A stampeding crowd on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the coronation festivities for Russian Tsar Nicholas II, causes the deaths of an estimated 1,300 people
- World Goodwill Day: 26 nations meet at the First Hague Peace Conference
- Anthony Epstein, English pathologist and virologist (co-discover of the Epstein–Barr virus), born in London, England (d. 2024)
- Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
- Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys), born in Rome, Georgia
- Vicky Sunohara, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 2002 and 2006) and coach, born in Scarborough, Ontario
- Taeyang [Dong Young-bae], Korean singer (Big Bang), born in Uijeongbu, South Korea
