330 - Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.
868 - A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it oldest known dated printed book.
1310 - In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.
1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves for his fourth and final voyage to the West Indies.
1745 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian
army
1812 - Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London. This murder is the only successful assassination of a British Prime Minister.
1820 - HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
1846 - President James K. Polk asked for and received a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican-American War
1857 - Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd US State.
1867 - Luxembourg gains its independence from the Netherlands.
1918 - The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.
1943 - World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
1946 - UMNO is created. (United Malays National Organisation)
1949 - Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
1949 - Israel joins the United Nations.
1987 - Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
1987 - In Baltimore, Maryland, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
1996 - The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
2000 - Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
Famous Birthdays
482 - Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor
1366 - Anne of Bohemia, Queen consort of Richard II of England
1733 - Princess Victoire of France, daughter of King Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska.
1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor and painter
1924 - Ninfa Laurenzo, restaurateur, founded Ninfa's
1951 - Ed Stelmach, 13th Premier of Alberta
1964 - Bobby Witt, baseball player
1981 - Austin O'Brien, actor
1982 - Cory Monteith, actor and singer
1986 - Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, footballer
1989 - Gianluigi Bianco, footballer
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