1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1565 - The Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
1756 - The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
1803 - Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
1812 - John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
1863 - American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
1900 - The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1933 - New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1948 - The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1965 - Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
1980 - Gwangju Massacre: students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for 'democratic reforms'.
1991 - Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
2009 - Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
2012 - Facebook, Inc. began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ.
Famous Birthdays
1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod.
1616 - Johann Jakob Froberger, composer
1797 - Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, King of Saxony
1868 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, last Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias
1883 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, marshal and 16th President of Brazil
1911 - Big Joe Turner, singer
1918 - Massimo Girotti, actor
1920 - Blessed Pope John Paul II
1931 - Robert Morse, actor
1941 - Lobby Loyde, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1947 - John Bruton, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland
1956 - Catherine Corsini, film director and screenwriter
1970 - Tina Fey, actress comedienne and writer
1978 - Jessica Cutler, author
1980 - Matt Long, actor
1988 - Ryan Cooley, actor
1992 - Spencer Breslin, actor
2001 - HSH Prince Alfons of Liechtenstein
2008 - HSH Prince Benedikt of Liechtenstein
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