1576 - Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
1702 - Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1782 - Gnadenhütten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1911 - International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
1942 - World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.
1957 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
1957 - Ghana joins the United Nations.
1966 -A bomb planted by Irish Republicans destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin.
1974 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
1985 - A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.
2004 - A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council.
Famous Birthdays
1286 - John III, Duke of Brittany
1293 - Beatrice of Castile, Queen of Portugal
1495 - St John of God, friar and saint
1879 - Otto Hahn, chemist, Nobel laureate
1937 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda
1945 - Micky Dolenz, musician, singer, songwriter, actor.
1959 - Aidan Quinn, actor
1977 - James Van Der Beek, actor
1986 -HIH Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
1990 - Petra Kvitová, tennis player
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