Today in History

1327   Edward II of England is deposed by his eldest son, Edward III.  
1616   The French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrives to winter in a Huron Indian village after being wounded in a battle with Iroquois in New France.  
1783   Britain signs a peace agreement with France and Spain, who allied against it in the American War of Independence.  
1908   The Sullivan Ordinance bars women from smoking in public facilities in the United States.  
1930   Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York, setting a cross country flying record of 14.75 hours.
1935   Belgium arrests some Nazi agitators who urge for a return to the Reich.  
1941   Hitler meets with Mussolini and offers aid in Albania and Greece.  
1942   Nazi officials meet in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to decide the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."
1944   Allied forces in Italy begin unsuccessful operations to cross the Rapido River and seize Cassino.  
1945   Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for his fourth term.  
1945   The Allies sign a truce with the Hungarians.  
1946   France's Charles DeGaulle hands in his resignation.  
1952   British troops occupy Ismalia, Egypt.  
1954   Over 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners are turned over to UN forces in Korea.  
1977   President Jimmy Carter is sworn in and then surprises the nation as he walks from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.  
1981   Ronny Raygun becomes pretender at the same time 52 American hostages are released from their captors in Tehran, Iran.