888 - Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1328 - Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
1607 - The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1815 - War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
1832 - President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1842 - Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
1893 - US Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent Queen Kapiʻolani from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1915 - An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
1939 - The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1951 - First Indochina War: The Battle of Vinh Yen begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
1964 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
1985 - A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst rail road disaster in Africa.
1990 - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
2012 - The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 32 deaths (and a few people still missing) amongst the 4232 passengers and crew.
Famous Birthdays:
1434 - King Henry II of Castile
1505 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
1610 - Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria
1777 - Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte
1865 - Princess Marie of Orléans
1883 - Prince Arthur of Connaught
1905 - Kay Francis, actress
1911 - Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland
1934 - Rip Taylor, actor
1964 - Bill Bailey, comedian
1977 - Orlando Bloom, actor
1984 - Nathaniel Motte, musician
1989 - Beau Mirchoff, actor
1992 - Dinah Pfizenmaier, tennis player
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