69 - Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, but rules for only three months before committing suicide.
1493 - Christopher Columbus sets sail for Spain from Hispaniola, ending his first voyage to the New World.
1541 - King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
1559 - Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence.
1822 - Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1865 - American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1892 - James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1933 - A twelve-year-old girl experiences the first Marian apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Banneux, Belgium.
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
1949 - Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
1970 - Nigerian Civil War: After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafra surrenders.
1970 - Moammar Gadhafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1991 - The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
2001 - Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopaedia, goes online.
2009 - US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. All passengers and crew members survive.
Famous Birthdays:
1342 - Philip II, Duke of Burgundy
1432 - King Afonso V of Portugal
1841 - Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor General of Canada
1863 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany
1866 - Nathan Söderblom, archbishop, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1882 - Princess Margaret of Connaught
1906 - Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate
1918 - João Figueiredo, former President of Brazil
1929 - Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1945 - HRH Princess Michael of Kent
1960 - Jeremy Beck, composer
1972 - Claudia Winkleman, television presenter
1981 - Pitbull, rapper
1982 - HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
1987 - David Knight, footballer
1990 - Fernando Forestieri, footballer
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