1676 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
1814 - France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
1856 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross.
1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th US state.
1863 - Bear River Massacre.
1891 - Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaiʻi, its last monarch.
1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1916 - World War I: Paris is first bombed by German Zeppelins.
1940 - Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed.
1944 - World War II: Approximately 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland.
2001 - Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2005 - The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
Famous Birthdays
1584 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark
1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland
1801 - Johannes Bernardus van Bree, composer, violinist and conductor
1843 - William McKinley, American politician, 25th President of the United States
1880 - W. C. Fields, actor
1924 - Luigi Nono, composer
1930 - Derek Bailey, guitarist
1950 - Ann Jillian, actress
1952 - Tommy Ramone, musician and record producer
1963 - Monica Horan, actress
1979 - April Scott, actress and model
1982 - Adam Lambert, singer and actor
1986 - Mark Howard, football player
1991 - Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the Duke of Westminster, the richest British person.
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