800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1420 - King Henry V of England enters Paris.
1640 - End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).
1822 - Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1834 - Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
1918 - The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
1919 - Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (she had been elected to that position on November 28).
1941 - Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
1955 - American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1958 - The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
1964 - Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia.
1976 - Angola joins the United Nations.
1981 - The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
2009 - The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect.
Famous Birthdays:
1081 - King Louis VI of France
1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, astronomer
1761 - Marie Tussaud, creator of wax sculptures
1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
1926 - Robert Symonds, actor
1935 - Woody Allen, film director, actor, and comedian
1960 - Jane Turner, actress/comedian
1977 - Brad Delson, guitarist
1985 - Philip DeFranco, video blogger
2001 - HIH Aiko, Princess Toshi, only child of the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne, Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Crown Princess Masako.
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