1917 – British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour sends letter to Baron Lionel Walter de Rothschild pledging British support for the establishment of Jewish national home. The Letter is known later as Belfour Declaration.
1937 – Italian leader Benito Mussolini announces the establishment of Berlin-Rome Axis, known as the Axis powers.
1983 – US President Ronald Reagan sings bill establishing Martin Luther King birthday a holiday.
1755 – Queen of France Marie Antoinette was born.
1950 – Irish essayist, novelist and Nobel-laureate for Literature George Bernard Shaw passes away.
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