1456
Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III
annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.
1797
William Blount of Tennessee became the first U.S. senator to
be impeached.
1846
Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared
California annexed to the United States.
1898
The United States annexed Hawaii.
1946
Italian-born Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized,
becoming the first American saint.
1981
President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor
for the Supreme Court.
2005
52 people were killed and hundreds injured in London when
terrorists bombed subways and a bus..
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