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| Enjoying pre-bday spa day (not how I remember turning 11). |
- 1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
- 1497 – Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
- 1707 – Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
- 1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
- 1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
- 1914 – World War I: German battleships under Franz von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
- 1944 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
- 1971 – Independence Day of the Kingdom of Bahrain from British Protectorate status
- 1991 – Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1997 – An episode of Pokémon, "Dennō Senshi Porygon", aired in Japan induces seizures in hundreds of Japanese children.
- 1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox – The United States and United Kingdom bomb targets in Iraq.
- 2020 – Joshua Greene writes great American novel.
Births
- 1485 – Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536)
- 1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist (d. 1827)
- 1775 – Jane Austen, English writer (d. 1817)
- 1899 – Sir Noel Coward, English playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
- 1917 – Sir Arthur C. Clarke, English writer (d. 2008)
- 1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist
- 1945 – Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator
- 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
- 1949 – Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top)
- 1962 – William "The Refrigerator" Perry, American football player
- 1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor
- 1979 – Tramar Dillard, American Rapper, better known as Flo Rida
- 1999 - Joshua Greene, Boy Genius...
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