1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester the de facto ruler of England.
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1610 - Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 - Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1747 - War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1935 - The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1939 - Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 - World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
1940 - World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1948 - Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighbouring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1963 - Kuwait joins the United Nations.
1988 - Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver travelling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. 27 die the in the crash and ensuing fire.
2004 - The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
Famous Birthdays
1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1553 - Margaret of Valois, Queen consort of France and of Navarre
1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy
1725 - Ludovico Manin, last Doge (Duke) of Venice
1867 - Kurt Eisner, Prime Minister of Bavaria
1904 - Hans Albert Einstein, engineer and educator, son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić
1907 - Ayub Khan, field marshal and 2nd President of Pakistan
1925 - Oona O'Neill, fourth and last wife of Charlie Chaplin
1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, 5th President of Iceland
1953 - His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia
1964 - James M. Kelly, astronaut
1973 - Natalie Appleton, singer and actress
1976 - Martine McCutcheon, actress
1977 - Ada Nicodemou, actress
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, computer programmer and internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
1984 - Olly Murs, singer-songwriter and musician
1987 - François Steyn, rugby player
1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, actress and singer
1993 - Kristina Mladenovic, Tennis Player
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