590 - Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1027 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
1484 - William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
1830 - The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
1913 - Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
1917 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1942 - World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
1971 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1979 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
1991 - Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
2005 - The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
Famous Birthdays
603 - K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Pacal II), ruler of the Maya
1031 - Malcolm III of Scotland
1554 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
1856 - William Massey, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1871 - Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole of the Kingdom of Hawaii
1876 - Prince William of Wied
1893 - Palmiro Togliatti, communist leader
1904 - Joseph Campbell, author
1919 - Strother Martin, actor
1926 - Ventsislav Yankov, pianist
1940 - James Caan, actor
1944 - Diana Ross, singer
1948 - Steven Tyler, singer
1956 - Charly McClain, singer
1961 - William Hague, politician
1968 - James Iha, musician
1973 - Lawrence E. Page, computer scientist, Co-Founder of Google
1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe, singer and actress
1985 - Keira Knightley, actress
1989 - Josiah Leming, singer-songwriter
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