1509 - Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby dies
1613 - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
1644 - Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
1807 - Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
1850 - Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1880 - France annexes Tahiti.
1881 - In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
1916 - The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1974 - Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
1976 - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
2007 - Apple Inc. releases their first mobile phone, the iPhone.
Famous Birthdays
1398 - John II of Aragon
1482 - Maria of Aragon, Queen consort of Portugal
1793 - Josef Ressel, inventor, invented the propeller
1849 - Pedro Montt, 15th President of Chile
1868 - George Ellery Hale, astronomer
1892 - Henry Gerber, gay rights pioneer
1911 - Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
1920 - Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford
1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of Italy, The longest serving President in the history of the Italian Republic.
1931 - Ed Gilbert, actor
1957 - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
1961 - Kimberlin Brown, actress
1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor
1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, singer, dancer, and actress
1980 - Katherine Jenkins, soprano
1986 - José Manuel Jurado, footballer
1993 - George Sampson, actor and dancer
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