Emancipation Proclamation (ending slavery) issued by Lincoln. 155 years.
Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee, was born. 155 years
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi, Venetian painter of veduta, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School, died. 225 years.
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, former Prime Minister of the UK and Leader of the Labour Party, was born. 135 years.
Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit. 60 years.
Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia. 50 years.
Juan Carlos I of Spain or Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, was born. 80 years.
Capucine, French actress and model, was born. 90 years.
The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II. 40 years.
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer, died. 25 years.
Nikola Tesla, Croatian-Serbian-American physicist and engineer, died. 75 years.
President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. 100 years.
Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, commonly known as Simone de Beauvoir, was born. 110 years.
The opening of the first underground railway in London. 155 years.
Katherine Mansfield, writer of the Dove's Nest, died at 34. 95 years.
First telegraph message of dots and dashes is sent in the United States. 180 years.
Thomas Hardy, English author and poet, died. 90 years.
The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting. 125 years.
The world's largest office building, The Pentagon, is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia. 75 years.
Louis Comfort Tiffany, American Art Nouveau Stained Glass Artist, died. 85 years