527: In Constantinople, Justin, seriously ill, crowns his nephew Justinian as his co-emperor.
1581: Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world.
1812: The territory of Orleans becomes the 18th state and will become known as Louisiana.
1818: The United States flag is declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars.
1841: President William Henry Harrison, aged 68, becomes the first president to die in office, just a month after being sworn in.
1862: The Battle of Yorktown begins as Union gen. George B. McClellan closes in on Richmond, Va.
1917: The U.S. Senate votes 90-6 to enter World War I on Allied side.
1918: The Battle of the Somme ends.
1941: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captures the British held town of Benghazi in North Africa.
1949: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty is signed.
1968: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1974: Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth’s home-run record.
1979: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the president of Pakistan is executed.
1985: A coup in Sudan ousts President Nimeiry and replaces him with General Dahab.
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