350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
474 - Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He died ten months later.
1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
1562 - Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
1701 - Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1871 - Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
1913 - First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
1919 - World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
1919 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
1945 - Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
1974 - A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
1978 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
1993 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
2002 - Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
2009 - Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces's offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.
Famous Birthdays:
885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan
1519 - Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary
1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1795 - Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Queen consort of the Netherlands.
1849 - Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia
1908 - Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1937 - John Hume, politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and Knight Commander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great.
1952 - Michael Angelis, actor
1969 - Dave Bautista, professional wrestler
1974 - HRH Princess Claire of Belgium
1980 - Jason Segel, actor
1985 - Riccardo Montolivo, footballer
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