153 BC - Roman consuls begin their year in office.
45 BC - The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time.
42 BC - The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar
1001 - Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.
1438 - Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.
1515 - King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.
1651 - Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.
1707 - John V is crowned King of Portugal.
1776 - American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.
1801 - The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1808 - The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
1863 -American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.
1877 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.
1892 - Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
1912 - The Republic of China is established.
1927 - The Cristero War begins in Mexico.
1934 - Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.
1945 - World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
1948 - The Constitution of Italy comes into force.
1956 - Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
1958 - The European Economic Community is established.
1959 - Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.
1960 - Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
1973 - Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland are admitted into the European Economic Community.
1981 - Greece is admitted into the European Community.
1986 - Spain and Portugal are admitted into the European Community.
1990 - David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
1992 - Russia is officially formed.
1993 - Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
1995 - The World Trade Organization goes into effect.
1995 - Sweden, Austria, and Finland are admitted into the European Union.
1998 - The European Central Bank is established.
1999 - The Euro currency is introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).
2002 - Euro banknotes and coins become legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.
2012 - Kim Jong-un is officially declared the new Supreme Leader of North Korea.
Famous Birthdays:
1431 - Pope Alexander VI
1449 - Lorenzo de' Medici
1779 - William Clowes, printer
1859 - Thibaw Min, King of Burma
1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand
1919 - Rocky Graziano, boxer
1929 - Larry L. King, journalist, author, and playwright
1950 - Morgan Fisher, musician
1956 - Sheila McCarthy, actress
1978 - Nina Bott, German actress
1984 - Michael Witt, rugby league footballer
1992 - Jack Wilshere, footballer
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