Events
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- 1534 – Christian III is electit Keeng o Denmark an Norawa in the toun o Rye.
- 1776 – American Revolution: The Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom is adoptit bi the Seicont Continental Congress.
- 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is propaled tae the American fowk.
- 1819 – The Arkansas territory is creatit.
- 1838 – The Iowa territory is creatit.
- 1894 – The short-lived Republic o Hawaii is proclaimed bi Sanford B. Dole.
- 1903 – Philippine–American War offeecially ends.
- 1918 – Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI ascends tae the throne.
- 1945 – Austrick is dividit intae four occupation zones efter Warld War II.
- 1946 – The Philippines attain full unthirldom frae the Unitit States.
- 1953 – Imre Nagy is electit Prime meenister o Hungary.
- 1954 – Wast Germany wins the FIFA Warld Cup, 3-2 ower Hungary, in Bern.
- 1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe Airport in Uganda, rescuin aw but 4 on baird an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
- 2004 – Greece wins the UEFA European Championship, defeatin host naition Portugal 1-0 in the final.
- 2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits comet Temple 1.
- 2007 – Sochi gets the richt tae host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- 2009 – The croun o the Statue o Liberty re-opens efter its closure follaein the 11 September attacks in 2001.
- 2012 – Scientists at CERN propale the discovery o pairticle wi properties consistent wi the Higgs boson.
Births
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- 1546 – Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
- 1710 – Thomas Hay, 9t Yerl o Kinnoull, Scots peer an politeecian (d. 1787)
- 1790 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor (d. 1866)
- 1798 – Oscar I o Swaden (d. 1859)
- 1804 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
- 1807 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general an politeecian (d. 1882)
- 1837 – Agnes McLaren, Scots medicinar (d. 1913)
- 1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1933)
- 1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress an airtist (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1926 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spaingie fitbawer (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
- 1949 – Alex Miller, Scots fitbawer
- 1949 – Horst Seehofer, German politeecian, Interior Meenister an umwhile Meenister-Preses o Bavarie
- 1951 – Doug Somner, Scots fitbawer
- 1952 – Álvaro Uribe, umwhile Preses o Colombie
- 1959 – Victoria Abril, Spaingie actress
- 1960 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrick racin driver (d. 1994)
- 1964 – Edi Rama, Albanie airtist an politeecian, Prime meenister o Albanie
- 1968 – Ronni Ancona, Scots actress, comedienne an writer
- 1969 – Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, Brazilian lang-deestance runner
- 1970 – Doddie Weir, Scots rugby union player
- 1978 – Becki Newton, American actress
- 1988 – Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress, model an sangster
- 1998 – Allan Campbell, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 1673 – Robert Moray, Scots sodger, statesman, diplomat an juidge (b. 1608)
- 1826 – John Adams, 2nt Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1735)
- 1826 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1743)
- 1831 – James Monroe, 5t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1758)
- 1881 – Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11t Yerl o Home, Scots diplomat an politeecian (b. 1799)
- 1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, 15t Vice Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1809)
- 1902 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (b. 1863)
- 1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
- 1934 – Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist an chemist, recipient o the Nobel Prize in Chemistry an Nobel Prize in Pheesics (b. 1867)
- 1938 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1898)
- 1995 – Bob Ross, American penter an telly personality (b. 1942)
- 2003 – Barry White, American sangster (b. 1944)
- 2011 – Otto von Habsburg, Austrick ryal (b. 1912)
- 2016 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker (b. 1940)
- 2019 – Eva Mozes Kor, Romanie-American Holocaust survivor (b. 1934)
Halidays
- Unthirldom Day (Unitit States)
- Republic Day (Philippines)