1940 – The Soviet Union occupies Lithuania, which will eventually become the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

1946 – Iain Matthews, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, born

1984 – Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (born 1900), died

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1922 – General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.

1914 – Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher (died 2020), born

1752 – Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (born 1692), died

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1958 – Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.

1949 – Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author, born

1967 – Reginald Denny, English actor (born 1891), died

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1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.

1961 – Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player, born

2014 – Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (born 1960), died

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763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

1969 – Nasos Galakteros, Greek basketball player, born

2005 – Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918), died

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1215 – King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta.

1939 – Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute, born

1945 – Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat, died

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1410 – Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople.

1989 – Bayley, American wrestler, born

2003 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (born 1911), died

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1977 – After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain.

1941 – Neal Adams, American illustrator (died 2022), born

1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer (born 1694), died

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1896 – One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

1949 – Simon Callow, English actor and director, born

1246 – Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219), died

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1900 – The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.

1997 – David Bangala, French football defender, born

2024 – Dudu Myeni, South African businesswoman (born 1963), died

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