217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
1139 - Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
1149 - Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
1740 - War of Jenkin's Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.
1866 - Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
1904 - The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
1906 - Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
1942 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad – Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
1942 - World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
1950 - India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
1960 - The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
1993 - The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.
2004 - Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
2005 - Over four million people attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
2013 - Former British prime minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher dies aged 87
Famous Birthdays
1320 - Peter I of Portugal
1761 - Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, priest, founder of the Society of Mary
1818 - Christian IX of Denmark
1875 - Albert I of Belgium
1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States and founder of the Betty Ford Center
1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian, 7th United Nations Secretary General
1946 - Stuart Pankin, actor
1954 - Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, musician
1966 - Robin Wright, actress
1973 - Emma Caulfield, actress
1982 - Adrian Bellani, actor
1984 - Taran Noah Smith, actor
1989 - Gabriella Wilde, actress and model
1992 - Shelby Young, actress
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