1371 - Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
1744 - War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins.
1797 - The Last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
1819 - By the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million US dollars.
1848 - The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
1862 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as US states.
1915 - World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1943 - World War II: Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany.
1958 - Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1973 - Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
1979 - Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
1986 - Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
Famous Birthdays
1403 - King Charles VII of France
1732 - George Washington, First President of the United States
1824 - Pierre Janssen, astronomer
1879 - Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, physical chemist
1900 - Seán Ó Faoláin, author
1913 - George Holmes "Buddy" Tate, jazz musician
1918 - Robert Wadlow, World's tallest ever human
1929 - Donald May, actor
1933 - HRH Katharine, Duchess of Kent
1944 - Robert Kardashian, lawyer
1962 - Les Wallace, darts player
1973 - Juninho Paulista, footballer
1984 - Tommy Bowe, rugby player
1989 - Anna Sundstrand, singer
1990 - Luca Profeta, footballer
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