869 – Died Kyril from Thessaloniki, one of the founder of the first Slavic alphabet.
1468 – Died Johannes Gutenberg - the inventor of the technique of printing with movable type.
1663 – Canada become French province.
1779 - British Captain James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians, near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1859 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
1912 - Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
