1123–1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified. 1314– Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France. 1325 – According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico. 1890– German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck resigns after 19 years after disagreement with German Emperor Wilhelm II. 1900 – Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia’s efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war. 1922 – British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience. 1940 – Benito Mussolini and Italy join Adolf Hitler in Germany’s war against France andBritain. 1965– Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. 1969 – U.S. B-52 bombers are diverted from their targets in South Vietnam to attack suspected communist base camps and supply areas in Cambodia for the first time in the war. 2000 – Chen Shui-bian, a leader of the pro-independence movement that sought statehood for the Republic of China (Taiwan), was elected president of Taiwan, breaking the Nationalist Party’s 55-year rule.
Births & Deaths: 2017 – American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chuck Berry, who was a leading and influential performer in rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll music, died at age 90.
Film: 1985– Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC for $3.5 billion, first transfer of ownership of a TV network
Music: 1902– Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record.
Sports: 1942– 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out.
