632 - The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of Prophet Muhammad.
1566 - David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1796 - Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1847 - Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
1916 - Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1945 - The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.
1959 - The Barbie doll makes its début at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1977 - The Hanafi Muslim Siege: In a thirty-nine hour stand-off armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage.
1991 - Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade.
2011 - Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
Famous Birthdays
1213 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, crusader
1285 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan
1629 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia
1891 - José P. Laurel, 3rd President of the Philippines
1918 - George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party
1934 - Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut and the first human in space
1954 - Bobby Sands, IRA member and political activist
1970 - Martin Johnson, rugby player
1986 - Brittany Snow, actress
1990 - Daley Blind, footballer
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