1536 – English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
1775 – Continental navy organized with 7 ships
1807 – US Congress passes Embargo Act, prohibiting American ships from trading in all foreign ports, as a result of involvement in hostilities between France and Britain.
1849 – The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
1941 – Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines
1942 – World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
1971 – KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1978 – Thailand adopts constitution
1994 – Italian government of Berlusconi resigns
2001 – Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
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