41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1533 - Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1575 - Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
1791 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
1918 - Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
1919 - The League of Nations is founded.
1932 - Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defence of Harbin.
1942 - World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1945 - World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1955 - The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
1961 - In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1980 - Mother Theressa honored with Indian highest civilian award Bharat Ratna
1981 - Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
1996 - Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
1998 - During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
2003 - 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A group of people left London for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields to prevent the US led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
2011 - The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.
Famous Birthdays
750 - Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor
1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany
1627 - Robert Boyle, chemist
1841 - John "Jacky" Fisher, admiral
1923 - Rusty Draper, singer
1938 - Etta James, singer
1949 - Paul Nurse, biochemist
1957 - Jenifer Lewis, actress
1971 - Ana Ortiz, actress and singer
1975 - Mia Kirshner, actress
1978 - HSH Charlene Princess of Monaco, consort of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1981 Alicia Keys, singer
1989 - Víctor Ruiz Torre, footballer
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