1456
Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.
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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