1528 – Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the “father of the nation”
1554 – Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over 200 years
2010 – Earthquake Devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince
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In Film & TV
1966 – “Batman”, starring Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Cesar Romero as The Joker, debuts on ABC
In Music
1969 – Atlantic Records releases eponymous debut album of Led Zeppelin in US
In Sport
2009 – Cristiano Ronaldo is awarded 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year for the first time at a ceremony in Zurich
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1913 – After using other pseudonyms over the years, Josef Dzhugashvili signs himself as Stalin (“man of steel”) in a letter to the newspaper Social Democrat
Famous Weddings
1684 – French King Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1901 – Tennis champ Charlotte Cooper (30) weds solicitor Alfred Sterry
1957 – Aviator Howard Hughes marries actress Jean Peters
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