0036: BC- Earliest known Mayan inscription, Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo 0043 BC: Roman Orator and Advocate Marcus Tullius Cicero was executed on the orders of the warlord Mark Antony - His head & right hand were chopped off by soldiers
909: Sa'id ibn Hussein, the 'Divinely Guided One', establishes a Shiite caliphate of Tunis and became a rival to the caliphate of Baghdad.
0185: Emperor Lo-Yang of China sees supernova (MSH15-52)
0983: Death of Otto II, the Red German king/emperor (973-83)
1254: Death of Pope Innocent IV (1243-54)
1383: Death of Wenceslaus, Duke of Brabant
1542: Birth of Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) – Executed (decapitated) under by decree of Queen Elizabeth I of England (against her conscience & better judgment)
1646: Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange
1741: Elisabeth Petrovna, a.k.a. Empress of Russia (1741–1762) became Tsarina of Russia – Responsible for bringing Russian into the Seven Year War
1761: Birth of Madame Marie Tussaud (Original creator of the London Wax Museum)
1783: The Royal Theater opened in Covent Garden, London
1783: William Pitt Jr. became British Premier
1787: Delaware became the first American State to ratify constitution
1808: James Madison was elected for the post of US President
1815: Death of Marshal Michel Ney. French (Battle of Waterloo) - Murdered
1835: The (first) German railway (from Nürnberg to Fürth) was inaugurated
1836: Mr. Martin Van Buren was elected as the 8th President
1941: The Japanese Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor - "A date which will live in infamy."
1842: New York Philharmonic conducted its very first concert
1872: HMS Challenger set sail on a 3½ year long World Oceanographic cruise
1877: Thomas A Edison demonstrated the gramophone
1924: Birth of Mário Soares (Socialist), premier of Portugal (1976-78)
1979: Death of Prince Chahryar Shafik, nephew of the Shah of Iran - Murdered)
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