392 – Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christian religion the state religion
1322 – Pope John XXII names John van Diest as Bishop of Utrecht
1620 – Battle of White Mountain, Prague – 1st major victory of the Catholic Habsburgs over the Protestant Alliance in The Thirty Years’ War
1933 – US President FDR creates Civil Works Administration
1956 – Biblical drama film “The Ten Commandments”, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner opens in the US
1962 – Canada’s government orders the nickel changed back to round shape
1979 – ABC broadcasts “Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage” with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to “Nightline”)
1987 – 11 are killed in an IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
2005 – Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country
2013 – At least 6,000 people are killed after Typhoon Haiyan, tied with Typhoon Meranti as being the strongest storm ever recorded at landfall, hits the Philippines