On this day in 1926, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History launched Negro History Week, which was later extended to Black History Month.

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Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi on this day in 1840.

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The New Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg opened to the public on this day in 1852. 

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Constantin von Tischendorf identified the Codex Sinaiticus, or Sinai Bible, on this day in 1859. 

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On this day in 1972, the deadliest blizzard ever recorded started in Iran.

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Alexander Selkirk had been stranded on an island in the South Pacific for over four years. On this day in 1709, he was rescued.

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The Greensboro sit-ins began on this day in 1960. 

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The Battle of George Square riots broke out in Glasgow, Scotland, on this day in 1919.

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The Beatles played their last public show on a rooftop in London on this day in 1969.

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On this day in 1886, German engineer Karl Benz applied for a patent for his Motorwagen.

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