1. 1815 - Napoleon abdicates his throne for the second time after his defeat at Waterloo
2. 1870 - The U.S. Justice Department is created
3. 1933 - Hitler bans all other political parties
4. 1937 - Joe Louis wins the World Heavyweight Boxing title when he defeats American Jim Braddock in an eighth-round knockout
5. 1941 - The German Army takes the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin by surprise as it begins a massive advance on Moscow
6. 1944 - American President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services – known as G.I.s – for their efforts in World War II
7. 1969 - Singer-actress Judy Garland dies
8. 1979 - A jury clears former Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe of the attempted murder of Norman Scott.
9. 1981 - Mark Chapman changes his plea to guilty and admits he murdered John Lennon in December 1980
10. 1987 - Singer Fred Astaire dies
11. 2001 - The Parole Board decides that the two schoolboy murderers of James Bulger are to be released
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, historyorb.com, infoplease.com, history.co.uk, brainyhistory.com, on-this-day.com, thepeopleshistory
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