1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1343 - Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
1539 - Spain annexes Cuba.
1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
1784 - American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
1822 - Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
1858 - Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
1911 - Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1943 - World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
1972 - Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
2000 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
2010 - Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
Famous Birthdays:
47 BC - Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier and eldest son of Marc Antony
1131 - King Valdemar I of Denmark
1507 - Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and Queen of Portugal
1806 - Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria
1861 - Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan
1883 - Nina Ricci, fashion designer
1941 - Barry Jenner, actor
1967 - Kerri Green, actress
1969 - David Grohl, drummer and composer
1982 - Caleb Followill, singer
1989 - Frankie Sandford, singer
1992 - Nimue Smit, fashion model
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