474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1621 - Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
1825 - After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
1849 – New Roman Republic established
1904 - Russo–Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
1942 - Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
1945 - World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic – HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
1951 - Korean War: Geochang massacre
1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
1991 - Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
1996 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
Famous Birthdays
1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, soldier
1763 - Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden
1773 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States
1892 - Peggy Wood, actress
1911 - William Darby, World War II Army officer
1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
1942 - Carole King, singer
1949 - Judith Light, actress
1960 - Holly Johnson, singer
1973 - Colin Egglesfield, actor
1986 - HRH Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein, of Jordan
1989 - Gia Farrell, singer
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