871 - Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
1455 - The Romanus Pontifex is written.
1499 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany.
1746 - Second Jacobite Rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
1815 - War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans – Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1835 - The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.
1867 - African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1912 - The African National Congress is founded.
1940 - World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
1977 - Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
2004 - The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Famous Birthdays:
1628 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, general
1788 - Archduke Rudolph of Austria
1824 - Wilkie Collins, novelist
1864 - Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
1885 - John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia
1894 - St Maximilian Kolbe, martyr and saint
1924 - Benjamin Lees, composer
1937 - Dame Shirley Bassey, singer
1961 - Calvin Smith, athlete
1979 - Sarah Polley, actress
1987 - Carmen Klaschka, tennis player
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