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1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
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1377 – Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.; 1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston and the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the government of Queen LiliÊ»uokalani (pictured).
1814 - Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London and Thamesville near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. 1837 - Chicago becomes incorporated as a city. 1861 - First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the 'Stars and Bars') adopted. 1865 - Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of ...
The Presidents Day II storm left 10 to 30 inches of snow in its wake from the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic to southern New England from Feb. 15-18, 2003.
Events. 1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.; 1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1943 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Rennell Island. The USS Chicago (CA-29) is sunk and a U.S. destroyer is heavily damaged by Japanese torpedoes. 1944 – World War II: United States troops land on Majuro.
1807 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898) 1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, and politician (d. 1920) 1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938) 1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968) 1904 - Paul Hartman, American actor (d ...