884 – King Carloman II dies after a hunting accident. He is succeeded by his cousin, emperor Charles the Fat, who for the last time reunites the Frankish Empire.
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.
1862 – USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine.
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter “S” [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland.
1915 – President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
1925 – The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
1935 – Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.
1862 – USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by a controlled mine.
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter “S” [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John’s, Newfoundland.
1915 – President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
1925 – The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.
1935 – Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
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Mayor Ed Koch of New York, Congresswoman Bella Abzug, and President Jimmy Carter
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1946 – A fire at an ice plant in Hudson Heights, Manhattan spreads to an adjacent tenement, killing 37 people.
1991 – The Belavezha Accords is ratified, dissolving the Soviet Union and granting the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic independence from other Soviet Socialist Republics and the USSR itself. Within a month it will be renamed the Russian Federation, which is widely regarded as the successor to the USSR in diplomatic affairs.
2015 – Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.
Births
1805 – Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1878)
1924 – Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (d. 2013)
Deaths
1204 – Maimonides, Egyptian religious scholar, philosopher and physician (b. 1135)
1858 – Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
Cora Frederick