Robert Peary
- 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Egyptian Ayyubids annihilated the crusader army and captured King Louis IX of France as a hostage.
- 1886 – Vancouver, one of British Columbia's youngest cities, was incorporated.
- 1909 – American explorer Robert Peary (pictured) allegedly became the first person to reach the North Pole; his claim was accepted for many years, although modern research has determined that he most likely did not.
- 1947 – The first Tony Awards, recognizing achievement in American theatre, were handed out at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
- 2012 – The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad unilaterally declared the region of Azawad independent from Mali.
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