EVENTS
- 1456 – Joan of Arc is determined to be innocent of heresy (25 years after she was put to death).
- 1863 – The US begins its first draft for the military.
- 1898 – President William McKinley signed a resolution annexing Hawaii. In 1900, Congress made Hawaii an incorporated territory of the U.S., which it remained until becoming a state in 1959.
- 1947 – Rosewell UFO sighting. An object crashed into a ranch near Rosewell, New Mexico raising speculations that the object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft containing alien life forms.
- 1958 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. Under the law, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States of America on January 3, 1959.
- 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is nominated for the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O’Connor - 1982 – Steve Scott runs the mile in a record 3:47.69.
- 1985 – Boris Becker becomes the youngest person to win Wimbledon at age 17. The German tennis player beat American Kevin Curren.
- 1991 – Brioni Declaration is signed. The agreement was signed by Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia on the Brioni islands in Croatia. The agreement marked the end of hostilities that began with the Slovenian War of Independence. Also known as the Ten Day War, the conflict began after Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1860 – Gustav Mahler (Austrian composer)
- 1887 – Marc Chagall (Artist)
- 1907 – Robert A. Heinlein (American writer)
- 1922 – Pierre Cardin (Fashion designer)
- 1933 – David McCullough (American historian, author)
- 1940 – Ringo Starr (Beatles Drummer)
Ringo Starr - 1949 – Shelly Duvall (Actress)
- 1980 – Michelle Kwan (Figure Skater)
DEATHS
- 1307 – Edward I of England
- 1865 – Mary Surratt (American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln)
Mary Surratt - 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle (Scottish physician, author)
- 2006 – Syd Barrett (English singer-songwriter, guitarist)
- 2008 – Bruce Conner (American painter, photographer, director)
