| On this date in: |
| 1536 |
The Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded. |
| 1653 |
New Amsterdam – now New York City – was incorporated. |
| 1848 |
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War. |
| 1876 |
The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs was formed in New York. |
| 1887 |
Punxsutawney, Pa., held its first Groundhog Day festival. |
| 1922 |
The James Joyce novel “Ulysses” was published in Paris on the author’s 40th birthday. |
| 1971 |
Idi Amin assumed power in Uganda following a coup. |
| 1979 |
Punk rock musician Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols died of a drug overdose at age 21.
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| 1990 |
South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela. |
| 2007 |
The world’s leading climate scientists said global warming has begun, is “very likely” caused by humans and will be unstoppable for centuries. |
| 2008 |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni were married at the presidential Elysee Palace. |
| 2009 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as U.S. secretary of state. |
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| 2011 |
Supporters of President Hosni Mubarak charged into Cairo’s central square on horses and camels brandishing whips while others rained firebombs from rooftops in what appeared to be an orchestrated assault against protesters trying to topple Egypt’s leader of 30 years. |
