1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church
1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713
1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism
1989 – Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the World Wide Web.[25]
2003 – The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).[31]
2009 – Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.[34]
2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[35]
2014 – A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.[36]
2018 – US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu, killing 51 and injuring 20.[37]
2019 – In the House of Commons, the revised EU Withdrawal Bill was rejected by a margin of 149 votes.[38]
2020 – The United States suspends travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3
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