1472 - Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
1798 - Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
1877 - Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1921 - The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded.
1933 - The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.
1933 - Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
1944 - World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
1978 - The last Order of Victory is bestowed upon Leonid Brezhnev.
1989 - An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England
2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
Famous Birthdays
1745 - Henry James Pye, poet
1839 - Benjamin Waugh, social reformer; founder of the NSPCC
1859 - Eliza Courtney, Illegitimate daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Charles Grey
1867 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife
1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada
1928 - Jean Kennedy Smith, diplomat
1939 - Frank Arundel, footballer
1951 - Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister
1963 - Ian Brown, singer
1967 - Kurt Cobain, musician
1975 - Brian Littrell, singer
1981 - Chris Thile, musician
1988 - Rihanna, singer
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