324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor.
1154 - Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1490 - Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1916 - World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
1920 - King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
1941 - World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army.
1946 - Start of the First Indochina War.
1963 - Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
1972 - Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
1983 - The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Famous Birthdays:
1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange
1683 - King Philip V of Spain
1778 - Marie Thérèse of France, daughter of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI of France
1875 - Carter Woodson, historian and author, founder of Black History Month
1899 - Martin Luther King, Sr, Baptist minister and father of Civil Rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr.
1928 - Eve Bunting, children's author
1934 - Pratibha Patil, 12th President of the Republic of India and first woman to hold the office
1944 - Tim Reid, actor
1956 - Phil Harris, fisherman (Deadliest Catch)
1962 - Jill Talley, actress
1969 - Richard Hammond, television presenter
1985 - Lady Sovereign, musician
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