161: Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire
1530: English King Henry VIII’s divorce request is denied by the Pope
1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US
1912: Roald Amundsen announces his discovery of the South Pole (located 14 December 1911)
1936: Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland
Source: Onthisday.com
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