238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors.
1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 - Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
1739 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1765 - The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 - The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1873 - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
1916 - The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1943 - World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
1945 - The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1978 - Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1995 - Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1997 - The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
2006 - ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire.
Famous Birthdays
875 - William I, Duke of Aquitaine
924 - Dinh Bo Linh, the first emperor of Vietnam
1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan
1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland
1759 - Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway
1797 - William I, German Emperor
1837 - Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
1857 - Paul Doumer, French President
1908 - Jack Crawford, tennis player
1924 - Al Neuharth, businessman, author, and columnist, founder of USA Today
1943 - George Benson, musician
1948 - Randy Jo Hobbs, musician
1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
1957 - Stephanie Mills, actress and singer
1976 - Reese Witherspoon, actress and film producer
1985 - Jakob Fuglsang, cyclist
1994 - Aliaksandra Sasnovich, tennis player
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