1940 - during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.
1760 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, who wrote the French national anthem "La Marseillaise," was born.
1774 - Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.
1775 - Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, along with Col. Benedict Arnold, captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y.
1865 - Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.
1869 - a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director.
1933 - the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
1960 - the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton completed its submerged navigation of the globe.
1978 - Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.
1984 - the International Court of Justice said the United States should halt any actions to blockade Nicaragua's ports (the U.S. had already said it would not recognize World Court jurisdiction on this issue).
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