506 - Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
1207 - Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
1461 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
1536 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1653 - New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1887 - In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1901 - Funeral of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1922 - Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1935 - Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
1966 - Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1971 - Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1972 - The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
1990 - Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
2007 - The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.
Famous Birthdays
1455 - King John of Denmark
1494 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland
1649 - Pope Benedict XIII
1677 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, composer
1829 - William Stanley, inventor and engineer
1866 - Enrique Simonet, painter
1882 - Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
1912 - Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic
1928 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr, civil rights activist
1931 - Dries van Agt, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1937 - Remak Ramsay, actor
1943 - Susan Hanson, actress
1954 - Christie Brinkley, model
1962 - Michael T. Weiss, actor
1977 - Shakira, singer
1987 - Martin Spanjers, actor
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