in Greenwich, Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII is born to his second wife, Anne Boleyn. During her reign the foundations were laid for the future British Empire. Her reign is also known as the Elizabethan Age.
In 1644 the city of New York got its name.
In 1848 in Vienna under the pressure of revolutionary fermentation throughout the Austrian monarchy the Act of Emancipation, which abolishes serfdom is made law.
In 1940, the German air force under the leadership of Hermann Göring began to bomb London by night, and on this night alone more than 300 people are killed.
In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian President Torrijoh sign the Panama Canal Agreement. With the agreement Panama is to assume full control of this important maritime route.

In 1991, in The Hague under the auspices of the European Union an international peace conference on Yugoslavia is launched. It brings together all the members of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. During the conference a declaration on the peaceful settlement of the Yugoslav crisis is adopted.

MUSIC HISTORY
1976 - Abba takes the top spot on the British charts with 'Dancing Queen'.
1985 - David Bowie and Mick Jagger are at the top of the British singles chart with the hit 'Dancing In The Street' by Martha Reeves and the group The Vandellas from the year 1964.
1985 - John Parr is in the No. 1 spot on the American singles chart with 'St Elmo's Fire'.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1936 - Buddy Holly, singer, also with The Crickets (1957 'That'll Be The Day').
1949 - Singer Gloria Gaynor (1979 'I Will Survive').
1961 - LeRoi Moore, founder of the group Dave Matthews Band (1998 'Before These Crowded Streets').
1967 - David Guetta, French DJ (2009 'When Love Takes Over').