222 - Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
1641 - Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit Reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
1708 - Queen Anne of Great Britain withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1848 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1917 - World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
1941 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1945 - World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
1946 - Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
1983 - Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
1990 - Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
2006 - Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2011 - An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Famous Birthdays
1745 - Bodawpaya, King of Burma
1811 - Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician
1899 - King Frederick IX of Denmark
1907 - Jessie Matthews, actress
1916 - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1935 - Sandra Milo, actress
1945 - Tricia O'Neil, actress
1957 - Cheryl Lynn, singer
1967 - John Barrowman, actor
1972 - Paolo Ponzo, footballer
1978 -Didier Drogba, footballer
1985 - Kai Reus, cyclist
1991 - Mayumi Roller, sailor
1993 - Demi Harman, actress.
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