1808 ~ Louis XVIII returned to Paris after the defeat of Napoleon.

1816 ~ Argentina declared independence from Spain. 

1850~ U.S. President Zachary Taylor died in office at the age of 55. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Taylor had only served 16 months.

1868~ The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

1872~ The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel.

1877~ Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Thomas Sanders and Thomas Watson formed the Bell Telephone Company.

1878~ The corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe. 

1900 ~ The Commonwealth of Australia was established by an act of the British Parliament, uniting the separate colonies under a federal government.

1910 ~ W.R. Brookins became the first to fly an airplane a mile in the air.  

1918 ~ 101 people were killed when an inbound local train collided with an outbound express in Nashville, TN. 

1922 ~ Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 meters freestyle in less than a minute. 

1943 ~ American and British forces made an amphibious landing on Sicily. 

1947 ~ The engagement of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten was announced.

1951 ~ U.S. President Truman asked Congress to formally end the state of war between the United States and Germany.

1953 ~ New York Airways began the first commuter passenger service by helicopter.

1968 ~ The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, TX. 

1971 ~ The United States turned over complete responsibility of the Demilitarized Zone to South Vietnamese units. 

1982 ~ A Pan Am Boeing 727 crashed in Kenner, LA, all 146 people aboard and eight people on the ground were killed.

1985 ~ Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League (USFL).

1985 ~ Joe Namath, signed a five-year pact with ABC-TV to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football".

1997 ~ Mike Tyson was banned from the boxing ring and fined $3 million for biting the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield. 

2005 ~ Danny Way, a daredevil skateboarder, rolled down a large ramp and jumped across the Great Wall of China. He was the first person to clear the wall without motorized aid.

2005 ~ Gayle A. Hirschberger and Norm Theaker were joined in Holy Matrimony in Grayling, Michigan. Gayle is the founder of RSD Support from Ones who Care and a Christian Vocalist for Gayle Hirschberger Ministries.