1815 War of 1812: the USS President, an American frigate, is captured by four British frigates.
1870 Donkey first used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly.
1922 Arthur Griffith is elected president of the Irish Free State after Eamon de Valera resigns in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty (De Valera will lead a military opposition seeking a unified and independent Ireland)
1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch merchant ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)
1943 World's largest office building, the Pentagon is completed to house the US military.
1951 Ilse Koch, also known as "The Bitch of Buchenwald", is sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.
1991 Elizabeth II signs letters patent that allows Australia to institute its own Victoria Cross, the first Commonwealth realm to do so.
2001 Wikipedia a free Wiki or content encyclopedia is launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.
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