116 - Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.
1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
1742 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1918 - The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1923 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1934 - The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
1936 - Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
1943 - World War II: Red Army troops re-enter Kharkov.
1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1985 - Hezbollah is founded.
1999 - In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov.
2005 - The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
Famous Birthdays
1032 - Emperor Yingzong of China
1620 - Frederick William, Duke of Prussia
1786 - Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia
1826 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, poet
1898 - Katharine Cornell, actress
1921 - Vera-Ellen, actress
1932 - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
1944 - António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde
1958 - Natalie Angier, journalist and author
1961 - Eric Red, screenwriter and director
1971 - Amanda Holden, actress and TV personality
1978 - Tia Hellebaut, athlete
1991 - HRH Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg
1992 - Zsófia Susányi, tennis player
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