1532 - Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1715 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years - the longest of any major European monarch.
1763 - Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
1804 - Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1914 - St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 - The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1939 - World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia and Russia Soviet Union invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
1939 - Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1958 - Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
1961 - The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
1969 - A coup in Libya brings Muammar al-Gaddafi to power.
1981 - A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
1991 - Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
Famous Birthdays
1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé
1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia, consort of Tsar Alexei I of Russia
1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange
1818 - José María Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the Republic
1908 - Amir Elahi, cricketer
1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, former President of Bangladesh
1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea
1962 - Tony Cascarino, footballer
1966 - Tim Hardaway, basketball player
1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, figure skater
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