1. 1674 - The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passes to the English (and was renamed New York)
2. 1807 - Aaron Burr, Vice President under Thomas Jefferson, is arrested for treason. He was later acquitted
3. 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patents a music player (the phonograph)
4. 1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt signs an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans
5. 1942 - The New York Yankees announce they will admit 5,000 uniformed servicemen free to each of their home ball games during the coming season
6. 1959 - Britain, Turkey, and Greece sign an agreement granting Cyprus independence
7. 1960 - Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, is born
8. 1995 - Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) and Pamela Anderson marry
9. 2001 - A Suspected case of foot and mouth disease is detected at an Essex abbatoir, the first case in the UK for 20 years
10. 2008 - Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeds him as President
11. 2010 - Tiger Woods makes a public apology for the scandal he had casued: 'I was unfaithful, I had affairs and I cheated. What I did was unacceptable'.
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