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• 1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1740 - Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
• 1750 - Halifax, Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire.
• 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
• 1804 - Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
• 1864 - Confederate forces attempt an invasion of Washington, D.C.
• 1921 - Former US President William Howard Taft sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.
• 1921 - Outer Mongolia becomes independent (from the Republic of China).
• 1940 - World War II: Vichy France government formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1954 - White Citizens' Council is founded
• 1955 - The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.
• 1960 - Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
• 1979 - The space station Skylab crashes to Earth.
• 1987 - According to the United Nations, the world population crossed the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.
• 1995 - Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
• 2004 - CIA Director George Tenet leaves his position at the agency.

[edit] Births

• 1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
• 1767 - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (d. 1848)
• 1903 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet intelligence officer (d. 1971)

[edit] Deaths

• 1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor (b. 1907)
• 2007 - Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)