502 - King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret of Anjou to become King Edward IV of England.
1549 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1632 - Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1831 - Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1867 - Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1st.
1871 - The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1879 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1886 - Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1936 - In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1942 - The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1945 - World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1961 - The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1971 - My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1973 - Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1982 - The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1990 - The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1993 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
2002 - In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2004 - The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2010 - Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
Famous Birthdays
1735 - Johann Karl August Musäus, author
1790 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States
1799 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1816 - Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama
1874 - Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States
1900 - John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia
1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, actor
1918 - Sam Walton, businessman, founded the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club
1929 - Lennart Meri, writer, film director, and 2nd President of Estonia
1937 - Smarck Michel, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti
1943 - John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946 - Billy Thorpe, singer
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, actor
1964 - Elle Macpherson, model
1976 - Jennifer Capriati, tennis player
1980 - HRH Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
1985 - Mickey Pimentel, football player
1991 - Hayley McFarland, actress
1991 - Fabio Borini, footballer
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