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| Ariel Sharon Laid to Rest as Rockets Fall Ariel Sharon, Israel's 11th prime minister and one of its greatest military strategists, was laid to rest on Monday afternoon at his Sycamore Ranch in southern Israel. However, as theIrish Independent quipped, he was "laid to rest but not in peace."
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Events
- 350 – Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
- 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
- 1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.
- 1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
- 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
- 1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
- 1866 – Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
- 1871 – Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
- 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
- 1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- 1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H.L. Smith.
- 1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States
- 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- 1916 – A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
- 1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
- 1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
- 1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
- 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton,Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
- 1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
- 1978 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- 1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
- 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
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Birthdays
- 885 – Emperor Daigo of Japan (d. 930)
- 1689 – Montesquieu, French philosopher (d. 1755)
- 1743 – Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French philosopher (d. 1803)
- 1779 – Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (d. 1869)
- 1849 – Edmund Barton, Australian politician and judge, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
- 1854 – Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)
- 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)
- 1892 – Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)
- 1904 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (d. 1986)
- 1908 – Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German-Swedish princess (d. 1972)
- 1913 – Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1933 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Paul Keating, Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
- 1954 – Tom Bailey English singer-songwriter (Thompson Twins, International Observer, and Bailey-Salgado Project)
- 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor, singer, director, and producer
- 1999 – Karan Brar, American actor
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Deaths
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