987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1890 – Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1944 – World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
1962 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1969 – Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
2006 – Asteroid 2004 XP14 was found at 432,308 km from Earth.
Births
1534 – Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea
1683 – Edward Young English poet,dramatist and literary critic
1870 – R. B. Bennett Canadian lawyer and politician,11th Prime Minister of Canada
1883 – Franz Kafka Czech-Austrian author
1924 – S. R. Nathan,6th President of Singapore
Deaths
1795 – Antonio de Ulloa Spanish general,astronomer and politician.1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana
1933 – Hipólito Yrigoyen Argentinian educator and politician.19th President of Argentina
2013 – Radu Vasile Romanian historian and politician.57th Prime Minister of Romania
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