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Events
- 1742 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
- 1804 - First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
- 1838 - Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
- 1918 - The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
- 1923 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
- 1934 - Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.
- 1936 - Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
- 1947 - Canadians granted Canadian citizenship after 80 years of being British subjects. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
- 1959 - Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
- 1978 - The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
- 1985 - The founding of Hezbollah.
- 1987 - The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" at Treblinka, starts in Jerusalem.
Births
- 1822 - Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist (d. 1911)
- 1882 - Lesley Fry, researcher and authenticator of the Protocols (d. 1970)
- 1891 - Hans F.K. Günther, German race theorist (d. 1968)
- 1941 - Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
Deaths
- 1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
- 1391 - John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332)
