644: Uthman ibn Affan, a companion of Muhammad, is appointed the third caliph of Islam (644-656)

1287: During St. Lucia’s Flood in northwest Netherlands, the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with the loss of over 50,000 lives, the fifth largest recorded flood in history

1542: Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old

1774: First incident of the American Revolution, 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary and seize its gunpowder and weapons

1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s Antarctic expedition is the first to reach the South Pole

1995: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments, including Slobodan Milošević, Alija Izetbegović, Franjo Tuđman, and Bill Clinton, formally ending the Bosnian War in the former Yugoslavia

Source: Onthisday.com