1793 - Prussia re-conquers Mainz from France.
1840 - The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1881 - The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
1903 - The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
1929 - The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.
1962 - The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
1983 - The Sri Lankan Civil War begins with the killing of 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1986 - In London, HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
1992 - Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
Famous Birthdays:
1339 - King Louis I of Naples
1649 - Pope Clement XI
1775 - Étienne-Louis Malus, physicist and mathematician
1883 – Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, British soldier
1892 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
1923 - Amalia Mendoza, singer
1931 - Queen Te Atairangikaahu of the New Zealand Māori
1950 - Alan Turner, cricketer
1957 - Jo Brand, comedian
1974 - Terry Glenn, American footballer
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
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