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[edit] Events
- 350 - General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
- 474 - Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor
- 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
- 1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
- 1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
- 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 1944 - Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year German siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
- 1964 - Plans are revealed for the World Trade Center in New York City.
[edit] Births
- 1519 - Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
- 1543 - Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composer (d. 1588)
- 1849 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
- 1973 - Benjamin Jealous, NAACP president
[edit] Deaths
- 52BC - Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered)
- 350 - Constans, Roman Emperor, (b. 320)
- 474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
- 1367 - King Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)
- 1862 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
- 1936 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
