254 - Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd Pope.
304 - Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the beheading of the 14 year old St. Pancras of Rome.
1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre who is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
1328 - Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
1382 - Queen Joanna I of Naples dies
1588 - French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
1743 - Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
1780 - American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
1797 - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
1821 - The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.
1881 - In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
1937 - The coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
1942 - Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
1948 - Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands cedes the throne.
1949 - The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
1955 - Austria regains its independence as the Allied occupation following World War II ends.
1978 - In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga). The local government asks the U.S.A., France and Belgium to restore order.
1982 - During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow".
2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
2006 - Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
Famous Birthdays
1401 - Emperor Shōkō of Japan
1496 - Gustav I of Sweden
1590 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1670 - Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
1725 - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
1767 - Manuel de Godoy, Prime Minister of Spain
1820 - Florence Nightingale, nurse
1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
1910 - Johan Ferrier, 1st President of Suriname
1929 - Sam Nujoma, 1st President of Namibia
1936 - Guillermo Endara, 32nd President of Panama
1943 - Linda Dano, actress
1958 - Eric Singer, drummer and songwriter
1961 - Lar Park Lincoln, actress
1963 - Vanessa A. Williams, actress
1968 - Catherine Tate, comedian, actress, and writer
1978 - Jason Biggs, actor
1986 - Emily VanCamp, actress
1992 - Malcolm David Kelley, actor
1995 - Irina Khromacheva, tennis player
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