0017 - Germanicus of Rome celebrated his victory over the Germans. 

1328 - William of Ockham was forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII. 

1521 - Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings. 

1647 - A new law banned Catholic priests from the colony of Massachusetts. The penalty was banishment or death for a second offense. 

1660 - King Charles II of England landed at Dover after being exiled for nine years. 

1670 - A treaty was signed in secret in Dover, England, between Charles II and Louis XIV ending the hostilities between them. 

1691 - Jacob Leiser, leader of the popular uprising in support of William and Mary’s accession to the English throne, was executed for treason. 

1736 - The British and Chickasaw Indians defeated the French at the Battle of Ackia. 

1791 - The French Assembly forced King Louis XVI to hand over the crown and state assets. 

1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral. 

1831 - Russians defeated the Poles at battle of Ostrolenska. 

1835 - A resolution was passed in the U.S. Congress stating that Congress has no authority over state slavery laws. 

1836 - The U.S. House of Representatives adopted what has been called the Gag Rule. 

1864 - The Territory of Montana was organized. 

1865 - Arrangements were made in New Orleans for the surrender of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi. 

1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted, by one vote, of all charges in his impeachment trial. 

1896 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average appeared for the first time in the "Wall Street Journal." 

1896 - The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, was crowned. 

1908 - In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East. 

1913 - Actors’ Equity Association was organized in New York City. 

1926 - In Morocco, rebel leader Abd el Krim surrendered. 

1938 - The House Committee on Un-American Activities began its work of searching for subversives in the United States. 

1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II. 

1946 - A patent was filed in the United States for an H-bomb. 

1946 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Stalin promised a "close collaboration after the war." 

1948 - The U.S. Congress passed Public Law 557 which permanently established the Civil Air Patrol as the Auxiliary of the new U.S. Air Force. 

1956 - The first trailer bank opened for business in Locust Grove, Long Island, NY. The 46-foot-long trailer took in $100,000 in deposits its first day. 

1958 - Union Square, San Francisco became a state historical landmark. 

1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O. 

1961 - Civil rights activist group Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee was established in Atlanta, GA. 

1961 - A U.S. Air Force bomber flew across the Atlantic in a record time of just over three hours. 

1969 - The Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing. 

1972 - The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and USSR. The short-term agreement put a freeze on the testing and deployment of intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles for a 5-year period. 

1973 - Kathy Schmidt set an American women’s javelin record with a throw of 207 feet, 10 inches. 

1975 - American stuntman Evel Knievel suffered severe spinal injuries in Britain when he crashed while attempting to jump 13 buses in his car. 

1977 - George H. Willig was arrested after he scaled the South Tower of New York's World Trade Center. It took him 3 1/2 hours. 

1978 - The first legal casino in the Eastern U.S. opened in Atlantic City, NJ.

1987 - Sri Lanka launched Operation Liberation. It was an offensive against the Tamil rebellion in Jaffra. 

1988 - The Edmonton Oilers won their fourth NHL Stanley Cup in five seasons. They swept the series 4 games to 0 against the Boston Bruins. 

1991 - A Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashed in Thailand, killing all 223 people aboard. 

1994 - U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record. 

1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island was mainly in New Jersey, not New York. 

1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police officers in high-speed chases are liable for bystander injuries only if their "actions shock the conscience." 

1998 - The Grand Princess cruise ship made its inaugural cruise. The ship measured 109,000 tons and cost approximately $450 million, making it the largest and most expensive cruise ship ever built.