1570: Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England for heresy and persecution of English Catholics during her reign and absolves her subjects from allegiance to the crown

1862: First Legal Tender Act of 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that is legal tender in America

1910: 13th Dalai Lama (Thupten Gyatso) flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops

1956: Nikita Khrushchev denounces Joseph Stalin at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Source: Onthisday.com