284 - Diocletian is chosen as Roman Emperor.
1194 - Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.
1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
1910 - Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosi, denouncing President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic.
1940 - World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers.
1945 - Nuremberg Trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
1947 - The Princess Elizabeth (now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.
1989 - Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
1992 - In the UK, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.
Famous Birthdays:
270 - Maximinus II, Roman Emperor
1761 - Pope Pius VIII
1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy
1892 - James Collip, biochemist, co-discoverer of insulin
1912 - Archduke Otto von Habsburg, last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until the dissolution of the Empire in 1918 and MEP
1927 - Estelle Parsons, actress
1942 - Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States
1954 - Steve Dahl, radio personality
1971 - Joel McHale, actor and comedian
1981 - Kimberley Walsh, singer
1985 - Carly Rae Jepsen, singer
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