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1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
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1814 - Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London and Thamesville near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. 1837 - Chicago becomes incorporated as a city. 1861 - First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the 'Stars and Bars') adopted. 1865 - Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of ...
1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Merry Christmas, the best–selling Christmas album in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles. 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
On July 19, 1910, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington proclaimed the nation's first "Father's Day." However, it was not until 1972, 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's ...
1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
The 1958 and 2003 Presidents' Day storms were two of just 11 Northeast winter storms since 1950 to be classified as Category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale , a 1-5 scale ranking of how ...
1943 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes. 1944 – World War II: United States troops land on Majuro.