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| 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe. |
| 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. |
| 1869 - Timothy Eaton founds T. Eaton Co. Limited in Toronto, Canada. |
| 1886 - The American Federation of Labor is founded by Samuel Gompers in Columbus, Ohio. |
| 1907 - King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. |
| 1914 - World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands - The Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee is engaged by the Royal Navy. |
| 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan. |
| 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - China officially declares war against Japan, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 1941 - World War II: Pacific War - The Netherlands issues a proclamation in which it declares war against Japan, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 1941 - World War II: Battle of Hong Kong - The Japanese invade the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong less than 8 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The capital of the Republic of China is moved from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 1959 - President of the United States, Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs Australia cricket test match at Karachi. |
| 1966 - The Greek ferry Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200. |
| 1968 - NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco. |
| 1969 - An Olympic Airways DC-6B crashes near Athens during a storm, killing 93 people. |
| 1972 - United Airlines Flight 533 crashes near Chicago Midway Airport, killing 45 people. |
| 1980 - John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City. |
| 1987 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed. |
| 1987 - The Queen Street Massacre: Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills 8 people at the offices of Australia Post in Melbourne, Australia before being killed himself. |
| 1991 - The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. |
| 1993 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton. |
| 1994 - US President Bill Clinton signs a bill enacting United States participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. |
| 1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria. |
| 2004 - The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations. |
| 2004 - Guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott is murdered onstage by Nathan Gale at a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio. |
| 2004 - The population of the Australian state of Victoria reaches 5 million for the first time. |
| 2005 - Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 slides off the runway at Chicago Midway Airport, killing a 6-year-old boy and injuring 11 other people. |
| 2005 - Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, was captured in the Playa de las Americas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife by the Spanish police |
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