881 - Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Holy Roman Emperor
1502 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
1554 - Lady Jane Grey (The Nine Days' Queen) is beheaded at the Tower of London
1733 - Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day).
1771 - Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1817 - An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.
1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
1912 - Puyi, Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
1934 - The Austrian Civil War begins.
1946 - African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes.
1968 - Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.
1992 - The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1999 - President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
2004 - The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
2012 - A primary election is held in Venezuela to choose the contestant against incumbent President Hugo Chávez
Famous Birthdays
1074 - Conrad II of Italy, King of Germany and Italy
1567 - Thomas Campion, composer and poet
1768 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
1775 - Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, widow of John Quincy Adams
1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
1869 - Emperor Kien Phuc, the 7th Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
1876 - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama
1895 - Kristian Djurhuus, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1908 - Jean Effel, painter and journalist
1934 - Anne Krueger, economist
1950 - Steve Hackett, guitarist
1970 - Judd Winick, writer and artist
1980 - Christina Ricci, actress
1990 - Robert Griffin III, football player
1993 - Jennifer Stone, actress
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