This day in history:
- 1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
- 1984 – Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
- 1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
- 1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
Births:
- 1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian ice hockey player and firefighter
- 1984 – Domata Peko, American football player
- 1985 – Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer
Deaths:
- 1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, designed the Villa Vizcaya (b. 1882)
- 1981 – Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress (b. 1898)
- 1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (b. 1568)
Holidays:
- Teacher's Day (Spain)
- Lancashire Day (United Kingdom)
- Naval Infantry Day (Russia)
Random Article of the day:
Divulapitiya Electoral District
Divulapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Divulapitiya in Gampaha District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Divulapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
