Today:
1307 – Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae, instructing all Christian monarchs to arrest Knights Templar and seize their assets.
1718 – English pirate Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, is killed in battle off the coast of North Carolina.
1830 – Charles Grey becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1869 – The clipper ship Cutty Sark is launched in Dumbarton, Scotland.
1906 – The SOS distress signal is adopted at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.
1928 – Boléro, a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, premieres in Paris.
1943 – Lebanon gains independence from France, marking the birth of an independent Lebanese Republic.
1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas; Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president.
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party.
2005 – Angela Merkel is sworn in as Germany’s first female chancellor.
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