1215: Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen
1777: American Revolution: Louis XVI of France and his Foreign Minister clandestinely agree to supply US with munitions
1829: William Austin Burt patents America’s first “typographer” (typewriter)
1840: Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada
1944: Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin
1995: Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later
Source: Onthisday.com
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