1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Crusades and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding
1973 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
