883 - St. Clement of Ohrid, the first Slavic and Macedonian poet, translator, protector of the city is appointed the first bishop of the Slavic Balkans.
1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe.
1777 - Captain Cook leaves Society Islands
1948 - Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine
2010 - With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
2012 - UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020
