• The Edict of Milan grants religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire (313)
• Martin Luther gets married, violating the celibacy rule of Roman Catholic priests (1525)
• Rhode Island becomes the first British North American colony to abolish the import of slaves (1774)
• The US Supreme Court rules that suspects must be informed of their rights by police in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
• Thurgood Marshall is nominated to be the first African-American Supreme Court justice (1967)
• The Beatles reach #1 in the US for the last time with “The Long and Winding Road” (1970)
• Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after his escape from prison (1977)
• Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the Solar System (1983)
• The US withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty (2002)
• Michael Jackson is acquitted of child molestation (2005)

Birthdays

• Ludwig II der Märchenkönig, Bavarian monarch (1886)
• Martin Buber, philosopher (1965)
• خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎ (Khālid ibn ‘Abd al ‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd), Saudi Arabian monarch (1982)
• Benny Goodman, clarinet player and bandleader (1986)
• Geraldine Page, actress (1987)
• Fran Allison, of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (1982)
• Deke Slayton, astronaut (1993)
• Tim Russert, television journalist (2008)
• Jimmy Dean, singer, actor, and sausage tycoon (2010)

Holidays and Celebrations

• Commemoration Day (Kyrgyzstan)
• Flag Day (Palau)
• Good Neighborhood Day (Pennsylvania)
• Pink Tomato Day (Arkansas)
• Reform Movement Day (Yemen)
• St. Anthony’s Day (Portugal)
• St. Vincent’s Day (Germany)
• Yukon Territory Day (Canada)