Today:
323 BC – Alexander the Great died in Babylon at age 32.
313 – The Edict of Milan was issued by Constantine and Licinius, granting religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire.
1373 – Portugal and England signed the Treaty of Windsor, establishing one of the world’s oldest continuing alliances.
1525 – Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in Wittenberg.
1774 – Rhode Island became the first American colony to prohibit the importation of enslaved people.
1777 – The Marquis de Lafayette landed near Georgetown, South Carolina, to help the American Revolution.
1886 – King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in Lake Starnberg under mysterious circumstances.
1966 – The U.S. Supreme Court issued its Miranda v. Arizona decision, establishing the requirement that suspects be informed of their rights.
1971 – The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers.
1983 – Pioneer 10 became the first human-made object to travel beyond the orbit of Neptune.