1440 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.
1613 - Mikhail I is elected unanimously as Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
1808 - Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish war, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country to Russia.
1848 - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
1885 - The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
1916 - World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
1925 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
1937 - The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
1948 - NASCAR is incorporated.
1965 - Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
1972 - President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
1975 - Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
1976 - The inaugural Winter Paralympic Games opened in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
Famous Birthdays
1484 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg
1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great
1895 - Henrik Dam biochemist, Nobel laureate
1924 - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
1937 - His Majesty King Harald V of Norway
1949 - Jerry Harrison, musician
1963 - William Baldwin, actor
1976 - Michael McIntyre, Comedian
1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress
1980 - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
1986 - HI&RH Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1989 - Kristin Herrera, actress
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