1189 - Richard I "the Lionheart" was crowned King of England.
1483 - Richard III was crowned King of England.
1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually results in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1785 - The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute.
1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1945 - Nicaragua became the first nation to formally accept the United Nations Charter.
Famous Birthdays:
1782 - Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca and Queen of Etruria
1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia
1868 - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark
1921 - Nancy Reagan, wife of US President Ronald Reagan
1935 - His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
1946 - Sylvester Stallone - Actor ("Rocky" series of movies)
1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
1978 - Tia & Tamera Mowry, actresses
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