1483 - Duke of Gloucester appoints himself King Richard III of England
1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1909 - Victoria & Albert Museum opens in London
1917 - 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I
1968 - Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US
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