1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
1657 - Flushing Remonstrance petition is signed in the Dutch colony of New Netherland protesting ban on Quaker worship
1825 - 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington
1939 - Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake in Erzincam Turkey
1945 - International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries
1949 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia
1979 - Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, Pres Hafizullah Amin overthrown
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 206
Johannes Kepler
Louis Pasteur
Mackenzie Bowell
Marlene DietrichFamous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 5 of 51925 - Inventor George Gallup (24) weds Ophelia Smith Miller
1953 - Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (22) weds Joan Heise at St. Frances de Chantal Parish in Wantagh, New York
1972 - Actor Billy Dee Williams (35) weds Teruko Nakagami
1993 - Actress Teri Garr (44) weds John O'Neil (42)
2006 - Supermodel Niki Taylor (31) weds NASCAR driver Burney Lamar (26) at The Grande Colonial Hotel in La Jolla, California
Famous Divorces
Divorces 1 - 1 of 12011 - "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel (31) divorces "Death Cab for Cutie" singer Ben Gibbard (35) due to irreconcilable differences
Benazir Bhutto
Gustave Eiffel
Lester B. Pearson
Stephen F. Austin
Denzel Washington
Maggie Smith
Ray Bourque
Woodrow Wilson
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