1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
1521 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
1738 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
1809 - Chuquisaca Revolution: a group of patriots in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) revolt against the Spanish Empire, starting the South American Wars of Independence.
1810 - May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence.
1837 - The Rebels of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
1895 - Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its President.
1914 - The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
1938 - Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
1946 - The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir
1961 - Apollo program: US President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
1977 - Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theatres, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.
1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
1997 - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
2000 - Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Famous Birthdays
1048 - Emperor Shenzong of Song
1572 - Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
1606 - St. Charles Garnier, Jesuit missionary, martyr and saint
1713 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1846 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
1882 - Marie Doro, actress
1907 - U Nu, 1st Prime Minister of Burma
1912 - Princess Deokhye of Korea
1929 - Ann Robinson, actress
1933 - Jógvan Sundstein, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1941 - Vladimir Voronin, 3rd President of Moldova
1947 - Mitch Margo, singer-songwriter
1957 - Hillary B. Smith, actress
1965 - Yahya Jammeh, President of the Gambia
1966 - HRH Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
1970 - Octavia Spencer, actress
1976 - Cillian Murphy, actor
1980 - Joe King, singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 - Edewin Fanini, footballer
1988 - Cameron van der Burgh, swimmer
1991 - Jillian Wheeler, singer-songwriter and actress
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