752 BC - Romulus, legendary first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following The Rape of the Sabine Women.
86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army, enters Athens, removing the tyrant Aristion who was supported by troops of Mithridates VI of Pontus.
1457 - The Unitas Fratrum is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
1565 - The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
1700 - Sweden introduces its own Swedish calendar, in an attempt to gradually merge into the Gregorian calendar, reverts to the Julian calendar on this date in 1712, and introduces the Gregorian Calendar on this date in 1753.
1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1790 - The first United States census is authorized.
1803 - Ohio is admitted as the 17th US state.
1815 - Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
1901 - The Australian Army was formed.
1919 - March 1st Movement begins in Korea.
1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.
1947 - The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
1961 - President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
1974 - Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1995 - Yahoo! is incorporated.
1998 - Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
2002 - US invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
2003 - The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
2007 - "Squatters" are evicted from Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark, provoking the March 2007 Denmark Riots.
Famous Birthdays
1389 - St. Antoninus of Florence
1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen consort of King George II of Great Britain.
1810 - Frédéric Chopin, composer
1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, painter and poet
1921 - Jack Clayton, film director
1935 -Robert Conrad, actor
1944 - Roger Daltrey, musician
1954 - Ron Howard, actor and director
1956 - Tim Daly, actor
1975 - Francesco Mazzariol, rugby player
1982 - Juan Manuel Ortiz, footballer
1988 - Freddie Smith, actor
1994 - Justin Bieber, singer
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