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Facts
1265 First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War
1921 Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire
1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin to organise the "final solution", the extermination of Europe's Jews
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President
1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States of America
2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president
Deaths
288 St. Sebastian, early Christian martyr (commemorated as his feast day)
1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1779 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70
1984 Johnny Weissmuller [Peter Johann Weißmüller], Hungarian actor (Tarzan) and 100m swimmer (Olympic 5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79
1993 Audrey Hepburn, British actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63
1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84
2003 Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
Sport
1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1950 1950 NFL Draft: Leon Hart from University of Notre Dame first pick by Detroit Lions
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
Films and TV
1990 47th Golden Globes: "Born on the Fouth of July", Tom Cruise, & Michelle Pfeiffer win
2002 59th Golden Globes: "A Beautiful Mind", Russell Crowe, & Sissy Spacek win
2007 12th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: "The Departed" wins Best Film
2008 "Breaking Bad", created by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston premieres on AMC
Born on this day
1971 Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)
1981 Owen Hargreaves, English international footballer
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Matt Busby
Bill Werbeniuk
