1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1717 - A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
1822 - The massacre of the population of the Greek island of Chios by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire following an attempted rebellion, depicted by the French artist Eugène Delacroix.
1885 - The United Kingdom establishes a protectorate over Bechuanaland.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1909 - Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1909 -Construction of the ill fated RMS Titanic begins.
1918 - Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
1921 - The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
1942 - World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
1964 - A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castello Branco.
1970 - Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
1979 - The last British soldier leaves the Maltese Islands. Malta declares its Freedom Day (Jum il-Helsien).
1990 - 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
1991 - Georgian independence referendum, 1991: nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
1994 - The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
2004 - Iraq War in Anbar Province - In Fallujah, Iraq, 4 American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
Famous Birthdays
250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor
1360 - Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal
1425 - Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan
1499 - Pope Pius IV
1651 - Karl II, Elector Palatine
1675 - Pope Benedict XIV
1819 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
1900 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
1920 - Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire
1933 - Anita Carter, singer
1943 - Christopher Walken, actor
1948 - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States
1955 - Angus Young, guitarist
1965 - William McNamara, actor
1972 - Evan Williams, businessman, co-founder Twitter
1983 - Melissa Ordway, actress and model
1990 - Kylie Bisutti, model
1990 - Sandra Roma, tennis player
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