1778 - American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
1791 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1914 - World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
1917 - World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
1941 - Holocaust: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine South-East of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union.
1945 - Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
1960 - King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.
1993 - Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
1994 - Palau becomes a member of the United Nations.
2000 - The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
2013 - The funeral of Nelson Mandela takes place in South Africa.
2013 - After three years Ireland exits the EU/IMF bailout
Famous Birthdays:
37 - Nero, Roman emperor
130 - Lucius Verus, Roman co-emperor
1832 - Gustave Eiffel, engineer and architect (Eiffel tower)
1933 - Donald Woods, journalist and anti-apartheid activist
1939 - Cindy Birdsong, singer
1963 - Helen Slater, actress
1980 - Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist
1982 - Tatiana Perebiynis, tennis player
1994 - Emma Lockhart, actress
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