1139 ~ The Second Lateran Council opens. It was at this council that the prohibition of marriage by religious was formalized.

1745 ~ Birthday of Phillip Pinel, French physician who pioneered in the humane treatment of the mentally ill.

1889 ~ Birthday of Adolf Hitler, Dictator.

1908 ~ Birthday of Lionel Hampton, Musician.

1928 ~ Birthday of Gerald S. Hawkins, Astronomer and Mathematician who identified Stonehenge to be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

1951 ~ General MacArthur addressed the joint session of Congress after being relieved by U.S. President Truman.

1968 ~ English politician Enoch Powell makes controversial “Rivers of Blood Speech”.

1983 ~ Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down over Soviet airspace.

1984 ~ Britain announced that its administration of Hong Kong would cease in 1997.

1999 ~ Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold open fire in their high school leaving 15 dead and 23 wounded.

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