355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Fr John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
1844 - The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.
1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
1965 - Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans made use of this program.
1999 - Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
Famous Birthdays:
1479 - Queen Joanna of Castile of Spain
1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan
1550 - Queen Karin Månsdotter of Sweden
1661 - King Charles II of Spain
1861 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball
1925 - Michel Bouquet, actor
1946 - Sally Field, actress
1949 - Nigel Havers, actor
1968 - Kelly Rutherford, actress
1974 - Zoe McLellan, actress
1988 - Emma Stone, actress
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