1672 – Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
1689 – Dutch prince William III proclaimed King of England
1906 – Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1945 – US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Pulitzer Prize winning photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture
1958 – Arturo Frondizi elected President of Argentina
1980 – Oil tanker explosion off Pilos, Greece, causes 37-mil-gallon spillage
1983 – The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding of José María Ruiz Mateos
1985 – US Senate confirms Edwin Meese III as Attorney General
1986 – Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1997 – Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned an adult mammal, producing a lamb named “Dolly”