Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.

CharlemagnePope Leo IIIApostolic Palace

Henry V of England enters Paris.

Henry V of EnglandParis

Francis Walsingham is knighted.

Francis WalsinghamKnight

End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.

Iberian UnionJoão IV of PortugalPersonal unionPhilippine Dynasty

The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.

Slave shipFredensborg (slave ship)Tromøy

Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.

Pedro I of BrazilEmperor of Brazil

United States presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

United States presidential election, 1824Electoral College (United States)United States House of RepresentativesTwelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.

Juan LavalleManuel DorregoDecembrist revolution (Argentina)

Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

Cape ColonySlavery Abolition Act 1833

In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.

State of the Union AddressAbraham LincolnEmancipation Proclamation

Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Shaw UniversityHistorically black universityRaleigh, North Carolina

The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Buenos Aires MetroSouthern Hemisphere

Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

Ford Motor CompanyAssembly line

Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

CreteSelf ruleTurkeyFirst Balkan War

Transylvania unites with the Kingdom of Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

TransylvaniaKingdom of RomaniaBessarabiaBukovinaUnion of Transylvania with Romania

The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

Kingdom of Iceland

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

Nancy AstorMember of ParliamentHouse of Commons of the United Kingdom

The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.[1]

National Hockey LeagueBoston BruinsMatthews Arena

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.

Soviet UnionPolitburoSergey KirovLeonid NikolaevCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.

World War IIHirohito

World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.

Fiorello La GuardiaMayor of New York CityOffice of Civilian Defenses:Administrative Order 9Civil Air Patrol

The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

New York Daily NewsChristine JorgensenSex reassignment surgery

American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

American Civil Rights MovementMontgomery, AlabamaRosa ParksRacial segregationMontgomery bus boycott

The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.

Central African RepublicFrench Union

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.

Our Lady of the Angels School fire

Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

Cold WarAntarctic Treaty

Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

Paul McCartneyPete BestHamburg

Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

Vietnam WarLyndon B. JohnsonNorth Vietnam

Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

Draft lottery (1969)World War II