3rd century
250: The Roman Emperor Decius begins mass persecution of Christians, and Pope Fabi'an is martyred.
13th century
1265: The English nobleman Monfort convenes the first Assembly of England at the Palace of Westminster.
14th century
1320: Władysław I is crowned King of Poland in Krakow and Poland is reunited.
1356: Abdication of King Edward Barrio of Scotland.
16th century
1523: King Christian II of Denmark and Norway is forced to abdicate.
19th century
1841: Hong Kong Island is controlled by British forces.
1865: American inventor LaMarcus Adena Thompson becomes the first person to patent the technology for a roller coaster.
1892: The YMCA of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, hosts the world's first official basketball tournament.
20th century
1924: The First National Congress of the Chinese Kuomintang opens in the auditorium of the National Guangdong Higher Normal School in Guangzhou, where the Policy of the United Russian Tolerance Communist Party is adopted.
1934: FujiFilm, a photography and electrical production company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
1936: Edward VIII succeeds to the throne as King of the United Kingdom.
1937: Roosevelt Jr. was sworn in as President of the United States for the second time, establishing the inauguration date of the President of the United States, previously the inauguration date of the President of the United States on March 4.
1937: Chinese Democratic Anti-Japanese Military and Political University (referred to as Kang Da) was established in Yan'an.
1941: The Communist Party of China rebuilds the Headquarters of the New Fourth Army.
1942: Nazi German officials convene the Wannsee Conference in Berlin to discuss the "final solution to the Jewish question" and decide to carry out the Holocaust.
1946: After the adoption of the executive branch and constitutional content of the French Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle resigns as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic.
1949: In his inaugural speech, US President Harry S. Truman put forward the four-point plan of action of the US global strategy, which is the fourth plan.
1949: Fu Si Nian becomes president of National Taiwan University.
1955: The People's Republic of China establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan.
1955: The army of the People's Republic of China captures Yijiangshan Island, which was occupied by the Kuomintang, and Wang Shengming, the commander of the Yijiangshan garrison, is killed.
1960: Hendrick Frensch Viwald promotes the holding of a referendum to decide whether South Africa will become a republic.
1962: Declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China and the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Dahomey in West Africa.
1969: The Freshwater Lake in Chuanwan is unveiled by Governor Tai Lin Toe.
1969: East Pakistan police kill student activist Amanulah Asaduzzaman, part of the cause of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1972: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the World Oil Company Group establish an agreement, and the price of crude oil is increased by 8.49% according to the published price.
1974: Battle of the Paracels, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy expelled South Vietnamese forces and took control of the Paracel Islands.
1981: Reagan was sworn in as President of the United States and re-elected four years later.
1981: Iranian hostage crisis: American hostages kidnapped for fourteen months by Iranian gunmen released.
1983: Jinshi Cultural Plaza opens in Taipei City.
1986: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Day becomes the first official holiday in the United States.
1990: Soviet President Mikhail Mikhail Gorbachev announces the dispatch of troops to attack the masses occupying the Baku region of Azerbaijan.
1992: The People's Republic of China establishes diplomatic relations with Belarus.
1992: Inter-Air Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and five crew members.
1996: Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority.
1996: The Tainan Science Park of the Republic of China was grounded in Tainan New City, with a development cost of 32 billion yuan, and the first phase was planned as a three-professional zone for semiconductors, microelectronics precision machinery and agricultural biotechnology.
1996: Foreign Minister Qian Fu of the Republic of China visits the Bahamas and delivers a speech twice while transiting through the United States.
1998: The 8th Shagyu Gabu Living Buddha reincarnated as a spiritual child.
1999: China News Service announces new government internet controls, particularly for Internet cafes.
21st century
2001: Philippine President Joseph Estrada resigns during the Second Popular Power Revolution and is succeeded by Vice President Gloria Arroyo.
2001: George W. Bush becomes the 43rd President of the United States.
2009: First African-American President Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.
2017: Donner Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
born
225 : Gordian III, Roman Emperor (died 244)
772: Bai Juyi, Tang dynasty poet (died 846)
- 1425 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, 8th Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate (died 1490)
1554: Sebastião I, King of Portugal (d. 1578)
1920: Federico Fellini, Italian film director (died 1993)
- 1931 - Kazuko Ariyoshi, Japanese novelist (died 1984)
1933: Lam Ka-sing, Hong Kong Cantonese opera actor (died 2015)
1946: David Lynch, American film director
1949: Leung Ka-yan, Hong Kong martial arts actor
1949: Sichenkova, a famous Chinese actress
1960: Will Wright, founder of maxis, an American computer game company
1965: Sophie Whistle-Jongs, Countess of Wessex, United Kingdom
1973: Mathilde, Princess of Belgium
1974– Lawrence, Hong Kong footballer
1976: Teng Liming, Hong Kong TVB entertainer
1976: Yuan Caiyun, contracted actress in the Asian Television and Cable Television division
1977: Du Junbin, DJ of Metro Radio
1979: Yu Shiroyama, guitarist of the Japanese visual band The GazettE
1980: Kim Jung-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
1980: Zhang Xu, Taiwanese chess player in Japan
1980: Hsieh Yi-fen, Taiwanese host
1983: Luo Ping, Taiwanese singer
1983: Masato Yaguchi, member of the Good Morning Family in Japan
1985 Marina Inoue, Japanese female voice
1986: Zhuo Wenxuan, Taiwanese singer and actress
1986: Yuki Takeuchi, host of the Japanese television program Music Station
1994: Lucas Biazón, Brazilian footballer
die
619: Li Mi is ambushed and killed in the Bears Ears Mountains. (b. 582)
1189: Kim Sejong completes Yan Yong, fifth emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 1123)
1745: Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1697)
1875 Jean-François Miller, French Painter of the Barbizon school (b. 1814)
1891: Kalākaua, King of hawaii (b. 1874)
1936: George V, King of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
1938: Liu Xiang, general of the Sichuan Army, dies in Hankou due to stomach disease (b. 1890)
1955: Wang Shengming, General of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
1983: Inoue Yu, Japanese Chinese scientist.[1]
1990 - Minoru Higashihisa, Imperial Family, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887)
1990: Barbara Stanwick, actress (b. 1907)
1993: Audrey Hepburn, actor (b. 1929)
2014: Claudio Abbado, conductor (b. 1933)
2016: Zhang Rongfa, Taiwanese entrepreneur, president of Evergreen Group (b. 1927)[2]
Holidays and customs
Inauguration of the President of the United States (held on that date since 1937)