335 - Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
1541 - After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
1743 - Great Britain, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
1791 - King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
1914 - World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
1953 - Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1968 - Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
1989 - Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
2007 - The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Famous Birthdays:
1676 - Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Duchess of Lorraine
1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, explorer
1886 - Sir Robert Robinson, chemist, Nobel laureate
1927 - Tzannis Tzannetakis, former Prime Minister of Greece
1951 - Jean Smart, actress
1971 - Stella McCartney, fashion designer
1983 - James Bourne, musician
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