816 Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity

1428 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons

1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium

1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna

1556 Kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles

1572 Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out

1576 Henry of Navarre(later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours

1597 A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.

2011 Ed Sabol, co-founder of NFL Films, elected for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

2004 54th Berlin International Film Festival: "Head-On" wins the Golden Bear

2006 Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10 at the Ford Field MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR

2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.

2009 The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef.

2009 59th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Milk of Sorrow" wins the Golden Bear

2012 Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 21-17 at the Lucas Oil Stadium MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB

2013 UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage

2013 The US Postal Service announces the cessation of Saturday first-class mail delivery from August 2013

2014 Archaeologists decrypt the 13th C Viking jötunvillur runic code

2014 US President Obama and journalists globally call for the release of 3 Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt

2015 70s British rock star Gary Glitter is convicted of sexual child abuse charges in London

2015 65th Berlin International Film Festival: "Taxi" wins the Golden Bear

2016 Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities

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