392: Roman Emperor Theodosius I declares Christianity the state religion

1519: First meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico

1701: William Penn presents the Charter of Privileges, guaranteeing religious freedom for the colony of Pennsylvania

1734: Vincent La Chapelle, master cook to various nobility and royalty, forms a Freemasons Lodge in the Netherlands

1895: German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays

2002: UN Security Council unanimously approves Resolution 1441 on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face “serious consequences”

2005: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia, the first woman to lead an African country

2016: Republican Donald Trump is elected 45th President of the United States, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton with an Electoral College victory of 304-227; Clinton receives just under 2.9 million more popular votes

Source: Onthisday.com