1. In 1259, the English Parliament held its first meeting at the Palace of Westminster.

2. In 1320, Wladyslaw I became the King of Poland, reunifying Poland.

3. In 1685, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to resist the invasion of the Tsarist Russia into Yaksa.

4. In 1745, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, passed away.

5. In 1775, André-Marie Ampère, a famous French physicist, was born.

6. In 1861, the Qing government established the General Office for Managing Affairs of All Nations in Beijing.

7. In 1875, Jean-François Millet, a French Barbizon painter, passed away.

8. In 1896, Henri Becquerel, a French physicist, discovered the phenomenon of natural radioactivity.

9. In 1901, Zhuang Shiping, a famous banker in Hong Kong, was born.

10. In 1902, Nâzım Hikmet, a Turkish poet, was born.

11. In 1907, Wang Baoren, a Chinese chemist, was born.

12. In 1907, Swiss citizens voted against the separation of church and state.

13. In 1920, Federico Fellini, an Italian film master, was born.

14. In 1924, the First National Congress of the Kuomintang of China was held in Guangzhou, marking the formal formation of the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation.

15. In 1930, American pilot Charles Lindbergh set a record for flying across the United States in 14.75 hours.

16. In 1930, the Hague Conference closed and approved the "Young Plan" formulated by the United States.

17. In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, took office.

18. In 1934, the puppet Manchukuo implemented the imperial system, and Puyi became the emperor again.

19. In 1937, the Chinese Peoples Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was established in Yanan.

20. In 1941, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued an order to rebuild the headquarters of the New Fourth Army, appointing Chen Yi as the acting army commander and Liu Shaoqi as the political commissar.

21. In 1942, Nazi German officials held a meeting at Wannsee southwest of Berlin to discuss the "final solution to the Jewish question" and implemented systematic Jewish massacres.

22. In 1946, Charles de Gaulle resigned from the post of President of the Provisional Government of France.

23. In 1955, China established diplomatic relations with the Islamic State of Afghanistan.

24. In 1974, the Peoples Navy was ordered to go to the Xisha Islands and repelled the invaders, defending Chinas territorial sovereignty.

25. In 1977, a number of precious dinosaur fossils were discovered in Changdu area, Tibet, China.

26. In 1981, the selection of the best athletes in China in 1980, sponsored by 10 news organizations in the capital, was announced, and 10 people including Chen Xiaoxia and Lang Ping were elected.

27. In 1992, China established diplomatic relations with Belarus.

28. In 1993, the actress Audrey Hepburn passed away.

29. In 1998, the recognition ceremony of the reincarnation soul boy of the 8th Sharong Gyalpo Living Buddha was held at Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai Province.

30. In 2005, Zeng Chengkui, known as the "Father of Kelp" in China, passed away.

31. In 2009, Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was sworn in.

32. In 2017, Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, took office.

33. In 2019, Ma Fuyao, the lyricist of "Go Boldly and Spiritedly across the Yalu River", passed away.

34. In 2021, Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.