1522: Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle in Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

1803: French flag lowered in New Orleans to signify the formal transfer of the Louisiana Purchase from France to the United States, purchased for $15 million

1812: “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” or “Children’s and Household Tales” by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is first published

1860: South Carolina General Assembly votes 169-0 to secede from the United States, declaring itself an “independent commonwealth” and is quickly followed by other Southern states, triggering the American Civil War

1917: Improved event: Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, the Cheka forms under Felix Dzerzhinsky after a decree by Vladimir Lenin

1960: The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam

Source: Onthisday.com