1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal.
1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England.
1610 - Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.
1797 - The modern Italian flag is first used.
1922 - Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.
1935 - Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
1942 - World War II: The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1979 - Third Indochina War – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
1989 - Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito
1993 - Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
Famous Birthdays:
1355 - Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England
1502 - Pope Gregory XIII
1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples
1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States
1837 - Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Line shipping company
1845 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria
1911 - Butterfly McQueen, actress
1938 - Lou Graham, golfer
1950 - Erin Gray, actress
1967 - Nick Clegg, British Deputy Prime Minister
1977 - Dustin Diamond, actor
1985 - Lewis Hamilton, F1 racing driver
1988 - Robert Sheehan, actor
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