1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar.
1819 – American Congress ratified the contract, under which Spain had given Florida to USA.
1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1887 - Established telephone connection between Paris and Brussels.
1981 - An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens , killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
1974 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh.
2011 - Launch of Discovery, NASA's final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
