649 Pope Theodore I (died)
964 Pope John XII (died) (born 927)
1316 Charles IV (born), Holy Roman Emperor (died 1378)
1607 Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1610 Henry IV (born 1553) of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII (born 1601)
1727 Thomas Gainsborough (born), English painter (died 1788)
1752 Albrecht Thaer (born), German agronomist (died 1828)
1771 Robert Owen (born), Welsh social reformer (died 1858)
1787 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1814 Charles Beyer (born), German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (died 1876)
1863 American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1868 Magnus Hirschfeld (born), German physician and sexologist (died 1935)
1885 Otto Klemperer (born), German conductor and composer (died 1973)
1889 The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
1897 Ed Ricketts (born), American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)
1913 New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1917 Norman Luboff (born), American composer and conductor (died 1987)
1919 Henry J. Heinz (died), American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (born 1844)
1925 Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway is published.
1928 Will “Dub” Jones (born), American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (died 2000)
1931 Denys Finch Hatton (died), English hunter (born 1887)
1932 Robert Bechtle (born), American painter
1935 Magnus Hirschfeld (died), German physician and sexologist (born 1868)
1935 The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1936 Bobby Darin (born), American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)
1939 Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1943 Derek Leckenby (born), English guitarist (Herman’s Hermits) (died 1994)
1943 Jack Bruce (born), Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing)
1944 Gene Cornish (born), Canadian-American guitarist (The Rascals and Fotomaker)
1944 George Lucas (born), American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1948 Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1951 Robert Zemeckis (born), American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 David Byrne (born), Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1959 Sidney Bechet (died), American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1897)
1961 Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1963 Kuwait joins the United Nations.
1969 Cate Blanchett (born), Australian actress
1970 The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany.
1971 Sofia Coppola (born), American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launchedied
1976 Keith Relf (died) English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (born 1943)
1984 Mark Zuckerberg (born), American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook
1987 Rita Hayworth (died), American actress and dancer (born 1918)
1993 William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (died), American journalist (born 1908)
1997 Harry Blackstone, Jr. (died), American magician and author (born 1934)
1998 Frank Sinatra (died), American singer and actor (born 1915)
2013 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.
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