1535 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro.
1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1861 - Georgia joins the Confederacy.
1871 - Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first German Emperor.
1884 - Dr William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
1884 - Dr William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK.
1919 - World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
1975 - The Jeffersons debuts on CBS.
1978 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
1993 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is officially observed in all 50 United States states.
1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
2003 - Canberra firestorm, kills 4 and destroys 491 homes
2005 - A U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan begins
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