World Radio Day: A day to celebrate radio as a medium to promote dialogue, tolerance and peace.
National Women’s Day (Turkey): Celebrated to commemorate the day when Turkish women were given the right to vote and run for office in 1930.
World Pangolin Day: A day to raise awareness about the plight of pangolins and their role in maintaining ecological balance.
1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
1633 – Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
1914 – The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded.
1945 – Soviet forces capture Budapest, Hungary, after a 49-day siege during World War II.
1978 – The Blizzard of 1978 hits the northeastern United States, causing widespread damage and leaving over 100 people dead.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip is published, one day after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.
