1815 – Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
1991 – Joe McElderry, English singer-songwriter, born
2024 – Ludwig Adamovich Jr., Austrian constitutional scholar (born 1932), died
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1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
1890 – Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (died 1965), born
1988 – Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican-American actor and playwright (born 1946), died
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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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