1528: Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years, and becomes known as the “father of the nation”

1554: Bayinnaung is crowned King of Burma, assembles 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

1948: Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast

2010: Earthquake devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince

2025: Governor Gavin Newsom says the California wildfires will be one of the worst natural disasters in US history; having blazed through 40,000 acres, damaged about 12,000 structures and killing at least 24 people

Source: Onthisday.com