Today:
1066 – Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England, succeeding Edward the Confessor.
1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans after being elected by German princes.
1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife, though the marriage is later annulled.
1649 – The English Rump Parliament votes to put King Charles I on trial for high treason.
1838 – Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine for the first time.
1912 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.
1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, New York.
1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech during his State of the Union address.
1977 – Music publisher EMI sacks the punk rock band the Sex Pistols for their controversial behavior.
1994 – Nancy Kerrigan, an American figure skater, is attacked by a man hired by her rival Tonya Harding’s ex-husband.
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