491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
1512 - War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
1689 - William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
1775 - The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.
1919 - The International Labour Organization is founded.
1945 - World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951 - The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
1952 - The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
1963 - Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in Terris, the first encyclical addressed to all instead of to Catholics alone.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1987 - The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
2002 - Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announced Hugo Chávez resignation on national TV.
2011 - 2011 Minsk Metro bombing
Famous Birthdays
145 - Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor
1357 - John I of Portugal
1770 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1869 - Kasturba Gandhi, activist, wife of Mohandas Gandhi
1890 - Rachele Mussolini, author and wife of Benito Mussolini
1913 - Oleg Cassini, fashion designer
1928 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy
1935 - Richard Berry, singer and songwriter
1951 - Paul Fox, guitarist
1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
1955 - Neville Staple, singer
1970 - Johnny Messner, actor
1975 - Olga Hostáková, tennis player
1984 - Kelli Garner, actress
1987 - Giuseppe Caccavallo, footballer
1991 - James Magnussen, swimmer
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