1192 - Richard the Lionheart landed on Jaffa and defeated the army of Saladin
1774 - British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1800 - The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1834 - Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1914 - Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1960 - Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
Famous Birthdays:
10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor
1858 - Gaston Doumergue, French President
1910 - Walter Scharf, composer
1930 - Lionel Bart, song-writer
1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, actor
1962 - Jesse Borrego, actor
1986 - Elena Vesnina, tennis player
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