1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1869 - Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1882 - The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
1945 - World War II: Cologne is captured by American Troops.
1946 - Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1964 - Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
1975 - Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1988 - Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
Famous Birthdays
1340 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
1405 - King John II of Castile
1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet
1939 - HRH Infanta Margarita of Spain, Duchess of Soria and Duchess of Hernani
1944 - Mary Wilson, singer
1955 - Alberta Watson, actress
1968 - Moira Kelly, actress
1978 - Lara Cox, actress
1991 - Nicole Fox, model
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