468 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
1634 - 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) and the Cusps were served first
1791 - 1st US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) and the Cusps start a protest march
1837 - US President Andrew Jackson & Congress recognizes Republic of Texes and Dangler settles in.
1857 - Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1878 - Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
1939 - In Mumbai (Bombay), Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest against autocratic rule in India.
1956 - Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1980 - Pierre Trudeau sworn in, for the second time, as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada
1992 - Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina established.
2005 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.