1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
1381 - The Peasants Revolt led by Wat Tyler culminated in the burning of the Savoy Palace.
1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
1625 - King Charles I of England marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France
1774 - Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
1886 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
1918 - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia dies
1934 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
1977 - Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1978 - Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
1981 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
2000 - President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
2000 - Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981.
2005 - A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13 year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
Famous Birthdays
823 - Charles the Bald, Roman Emperor
839 - Charles the Fat, Roman Emperor
1672 - Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
1865 - William Butler Yeats, writer and poet
1901 - Tage Erlander, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden
1915 - Don Budge, tennis player
1935 - Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand
1944 - Ban Ki-moon, diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1959 - Boyko Borisov, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1964 - Kathy Burke, actress
1965 - HRH Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
1969 - Jamie Walters, actor, singer and musician
1971 - David Mendenhall, actor
1974 - Steve-O, stuntman, actor, and author
1976 - Kym Marsh, singer and actress
1978 - Brian Dowling, television host
1984 - Phillip Van Dyke, actor
1990 - Nicole Riner, tennis player
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