| 1327 | | Edward II of England is deposed by his eldest son, Edward III. |
| 1616 | | The French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrives to winter in a Huron Indian village after being wounded in a battle with Iroquois in New France. |
| 1783 | | Britain signs a peace agreement with France and Spain, who allied against it in the American War of Independence. |
| 1908 | | The Sullivan Ordinance bars women from smoking in public facilities in the United States. |
| 1930 | |
Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York, setting
a cross country flying record of 14.75 hours. |
| 1935 | | Belgium arrests some Nazi agitators who urge for a return to the Reich. |
| 1941 | | Hitler meets with Mussolini and offers aid in Albania and Greece. |
| 1942 | | Nazi officials meet in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to decide the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." |
| 1944 | | Allied forces in Italy begin unsuccessful operations to cross the Rapido River and seize Cassino. |
| 1945 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for his fourth term. |
| 1945 | | The Allies sign a truce with the Hungarians. |
| 1946 | | France's Charles DeGaulle hands in his resignation. |
| 1952 | | British troops occupy Ismalia, Egypt. |
| 1954 | | Over 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners are turned over to UN forces in Korea. |
| 1977 | | President Jimmy Carter is sworn in and then surprises the nation as he walks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House. |
| 1981 | | Ronald Reagan is sworn in as president at the same time 52 American hostages are released from their captors in Tehran, Iran. |
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