1. 1475 - Michelangelo is born
2. 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published
3. 1825 - Beethoven's Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major is performed for the first time
4. 1951 - The trial of suspected spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were indicted for conspiring to obtain national defense secrets for the Soviets, starts in New York
5. 1957 - Ghana gains it's independence from Britain
6. 1960 - The United States announces that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam
7. 1961 - George Formby, the British entertainer known for his Ukulele, dies after suffering a heart attack
8. 1974 - UK miners bring an end to the 16 week dispute following a pay increase of over 30%
9. 1986 - Artist Georgia O’ Keefe dies at the age of 98
10. 1987 - Forty-nine people are confirmed dead and dozens are missing as a car ferry capsizes just outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge
11. 1997 - Queen Elizabeth II launches the first royal website
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