1565 - The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, Ireland, United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist Workers Party.
1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1958 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1973 - Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
1981 - A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Famous Birthdays:
1874 - J. S. Woodsworth, politician
1883 - Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator
1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
1916 - Budd Boetticher, film director
1925 - Ted Lindsay, hockey player
1941 - David Warner, actor
1958 - Cynthia Rowley, fashion designer
1975 - Corrado Grabbi, footballer
1983 - Elise Testone, singer-songwriter
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