Today:
66 AD – Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.
1236 – The city of Córdoba, Spain, is captured by King Ferdinand III of Castile.
1692 – Last of the Salem witch trials: Eight people are hanged in Salem, Massachusetts.
1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged by British forces as a spy during the American Revolution.
1792 – The First French Republic is proclaimed.
1862 – President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
1888 – The first issue of National Geographic magazine is published.
1914 – The German submarine U-9 sinks three British cruisers in one day.
1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 ends after the UN calls for a ceasefire.
1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford but fails.