1587 Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots.
1917 German Großadmiral Alfred von Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war.
1933 German Parliament is dissolved by President Paul von Hindenburg by the request of new chancellor Adolf Hitler.
1942 Second Norwegian government of Vidkun Quisling forms.
1950 USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes.
1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
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