1595 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is thought to have been first performed. Officially published early 1597.
1886 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen" in Karlsruhe, Germany, the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor.
1917 British submarine K13 sank in Gaire Loch, Scotland; killing 32 of her crew.
1943 New Zealand cruiser Kiwi collides with Japanese submarine I-1 at Guadalcanal.
1943 U.S. cruiser "Chicago" is heavily damaged by Japanese bombers on the first day of the Battle of Rennell Island.
1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy, is launched.
1980 6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians.
1985 Oxford University refuses to award Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree.
2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes "regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
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