Today:
771 – Charlemagne becomes the sole ruler of the Frankish Kingdom after the death of his brother, Carloman I.
1110 – The Crusaders conquer Sidon in present-day Lebanon during the First Crusade.
1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent convenes, marking the conclusion of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred in Virginia, and hold the first known Thanksgiving ceremony in what is now the United States.
1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission at the site of modern-day Chicago, Illinois.
1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published in London.
1867 – The Grange, formally known as the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, is founded in Washington, D.C.
1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Versailles Peace Conference, becoming the first American president to travel to Europe while in office.
1945 – The Senate of the United States approves the United States’ participation in the United Nations.
1991 – Terry A. Anderson, the longest-held American hostage in Lebanon, is released after nearly seven years in captivity.
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