1801 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1941 Prince Paul, prince regent of Yugoslavia meets with Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, Bavaria, where he rejects deal to allow Nazi's access to Greece.
1945 United Kingdom's Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), joins the British Auxiliary Transport Service (ATS) as a driver.
1966 North Sea Gas 1st pumped ashore by BP
1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, all 57 crew lost.
2001 IRA detonates a bomb in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, injuring 11 people.
2009 International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted.
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