238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors.
875 William I, Duke of Aquitaine (born) (died 918)
1459 Maximilian I (born), Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)
1508 Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
1544 Johannes Magnus (died), Swedish archbishop (born 1488)
1599 Anthony van Dyck (born), Flemish painter (died 1641)
1602 Agostino Carracci (died), Italian painter (born 1557)
1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
1630 The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1712 Edward Moore (born), English playwright (died 1757)
1713 The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
1720 Nicolas-Henri Jardi (born), French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (died 1799)
1739 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
1765 The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailandied
1814 Thomas Crawford (born), American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857)
1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (died), German author and politician (born 1749)
1842 Mykola Lysenko (born), Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912)
1846 Randolph Caldecott (born), English illustrator (died 1886)
1863 Opothleyahola (died). principle chief of the Creek Nation (born ca. 1796)
1871 In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1873 A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
1887 Chico Marx (born), American actor (died 1961)
1894 The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
1908 Louis L’Amour (born), American author (died 1988)
1912 Karl Malden (born), American actor (died 2009)
1917 Virginia Grey (born), American actress (died 2004)
1920 Werner Klemperer (born), German-American actor and singer (died 2000)
1923 Marcel Marceau (born), French mime and actor (died 2007)
1924 Al Neuharth (born), American journalist and author, founded USA Today (died 2013)
1928 E. D. Hirsch, Jr. (born), American educator, author, and critic
1930 Derek Bok (born), American lawyer and academic
1930 Pat Robertson (born), American minister and broadcaster
1930 Stephen Sondheim (born), American composer and songwriter
1931 William Shatner (born), Canadian-American actor, singer, director, and producer
1941 Jeremy Clyde (born), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Chad and Jeremy)
1942 World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy’s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 George Benson (born), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 Keith Relf (born), English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Yardbirds, Renaissance, and Armaggedon) (died 1976)
1945 The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1946 Rivka Golani (born), Israeli viola player
1947 James Patterson (born), American author
1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber (born), English director and composer
1948 Randy Jo Hobb (born), American bass player (The McCoys and Montrose) (died 1993)
1948 Wolf Blitzer (born), German-American journalist
1949 Brian Hanrahan (born), English journalist (died 2010)
1950 Jocky Wilson (born), Scottish darts player (died 2012)
1950 Mary Tamm (born), English actress (died 2012)
1952 Bob Costas (born), American sportscaster
1952 Uncle Dave Macon (died), American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1870)
1954 Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
1959 Matthew Modine (born), American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
1960 Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
1963 The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.
1972 In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
1972 The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
1974 Peter Revson (died), American race car driver (born 1939)
1975 A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
1976 Reese Witherspoo (born), American actress and producer
1977 John Otto (born), American musician (Limp Bizkit)
1978 Karl Wallenda (born 1905) of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfoundedied
1991 Dave Guard (died), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (born 1934)
1991 Gloria Holden (died), English-American actress (born 1908)
1993 The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
1995 Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
1997 Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
2001 William Hanna (died), American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910)
2004 Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
2005 Rod Price (died) English Guitarist and songwriter (Foghat)(born 1947)
2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
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