1697 - St Paul's Cathedral is opened in London.
1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1823 - Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
1848 - Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1851 - French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 - Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
1908 - Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1917 - An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
1930 - Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
1961 - In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1975 - Pathet Lao seizes Vientiane which gives way for their power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1999 - The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
Famous Birthdays:
1595 - Henry Lawes, musician and composer
1811 - Jean-Charles Chapais, Father of the Canadian Confederation
1825 - Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
1893 - Leo Ornstein, composer and pianist
1914 - Bill Erwin, actor
1915 - HIH Prince Mikasa of Japan, youngest son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei.
1921 - Carlo Furno, Cardinal Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, First President of Kosovo
1962 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, eldest son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
1968 - Lucy Liu, actress
1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, bassist
1983 - Jana Kramer, actress
1990 - Fausto Rossi, footballer
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