193 - The Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated.
1495 - Friar John Cor records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.
1533 - Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
1648 - The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
1670 - In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the secret treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
1779 - Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
1792 - Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 - Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
1812 - War of 1812: The US President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1855 - The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
1879 - Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
1913 - The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
1918 - World War I, Western Front: Battle for Belleau Wood – Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
1922 - The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
1941 - World War II: the Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1963 - Kenya gains internal self-rule
1979 - The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
2001 - Nepalese royal massacre: Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shoots and kills several members of his family including his father and mother, King Birendra of Nepal and Queen Aiswarya.
2009 - General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
Famous Birthdays
1076 - Mstislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev
1134 - Geoffrey, Count of Nantes
1762 - Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, missionary, the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.
1843 - Henry Faulds, physician and scientist, developed fingerprinting
1907 - Frank Whittle, engineer and inventor, developed the jet engine
1922 - Joan Caulfield, actress and model
1933 - Haruo Remeliik, 1st President of Palau
1946 - Brian Cox, actor
1963 - Mike Joyce, drummer
1973 - Adam Garcia, actor
1973 - Heidi Klum, model, actress, fashion designer, and producer
1977 - Danielle Harris, actress
1983 - Jake Silbermann, actor
1991 - Blaine Miller, actor
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