1558-Elizabeth I, aged 25, ascends the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I
1831-Ecuador and Venezuela separate from Gran Colombia
1855-David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe
1869-Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas
1905-The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea
1914-U.S. declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
1917-Vladimir Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
1922-The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, is expelled to Malta on a British warship
1970-Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse
1974-Swedish pop group ABBA begins their first international tour at the Kalkonerteater in Copenhagen, Denmark
2000-Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as President of Peru