211: Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies in Eboracum (York) in England, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta
960: Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song initiates three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China
1789: First US Electoral College chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President
1859: One of the oldest known copies of the Bible, “The Codex Sinaiticus” (Sinai Bible), is seen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf, who takes the manuscript home
1865: Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of Confederate forces
1969: The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO
1988: Panamanian General Manuel Noriega is indicted by a US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering
2004: Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room
Source: Onthisday.com
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