1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1776 - Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1796 - The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1859 - Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
1921 - The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
1940 - World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
1957 - Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
1960 - Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
1977 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Famous Birthdays:
1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland
1366 - Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England
1657 - King Frederick I of Prussia
1846 - Léon Bloy, writer
1921 - Ilse Werner, actress
1959 - Richie Sambora, (Bon Jovi) musician
1973 - Andrew Bird, musician
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