1554 Thomas Wyatt the Younger (died), English rebel (born 1521)
1592 John Eliot (born), English politician (died 1632)
1626 Marin Getaldić (died), Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1568)
1683 Jean-Joseph Mouret (born), French composer (died 1738)
1689 William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1715 John Alcock (born), English organist and composer (died 1806)
1727 Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
1755 James Parkinson (born), English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (died 1824)
1814 The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
1819 Charles Hallé (born), German-English pianist and conductor (died 1895)
1825 Ferdinand Lassalle (born), German jurist and philosopher (died 1864)
1859 Stefanos Thomopoulos (born), Greek historian (died 1939)
1862 William Wallace Campbell (born), American astronomer (died 1938)
1869 Kasturba Gandhi (born), Indian wife of Mohandas Gandhi (died 1944)
1876 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
1881 Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
1889 Nick LaRocca (born), American trumpet player and bandleader (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (died 1961)
1890 Rachele Mussolini (born), Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (died 1979)
1893 Dean Acheson (born), American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (died 1971)
1906 James Anthony Bailey (died), American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1847)
1908 Henry Bird (died), English chess player and author (born 1829)
1908 Masaru Ibuka (born), Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1997)
1913 Oleg Cassini (born), French-American fashion designer (died 2006)
1919 The International Labour Organization is founded.
1926 Luther Burbank (died), American botanist (born 1849)
1928 Ethel Kennedy (born), American wife of Robert F. Kennedy
1930 Anton LaVey (born), American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (died 1997)
1932 Joel Grey (born), American actor, singer, and dancer
1941 Ellen Goodman (born), American journalist
1951 Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
1951 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
1952 Peter Windsor (born), English journalist
1954 David Perrett (born), Scottish psychologist
1954 Ian Redmond (born), British tropical field biologist and conservationist
1955 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1961 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1970 Apollo 13 is launched.
1972 First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.
1976 The Apple I is created.
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1987 Erskine Caldwell (died), American author (born 1903)
1989 Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs.
2002 Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announces Hugo Chávez resignation on national TV.
2003 Cecil Howard Green (died), English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (born 1900)
2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
2006 June Pointer (died), American singer (Pointer Sisters) (born 1953)
2007 Kurt Vonnegut (died), American author (born 1922)
2012 A 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. A tsunami hits the island of Nias at Indonesia.
2013 Jonathan Winters (died), American comedian and actor (born 1925)
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