Source: HistoryNet.com
1066: Harold Godwineson is crowned King Harold II - King of England.
1540: Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The marriage will last six months.
1946: Ho Chi Minh wins in the Vietnamese elections.
1987: Astronomers report sighting a new galaxy 12 billion light years away.
2001: In one of the closest Presidential elections in U.S. history, George W. Bush was finally declared the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 Presidential elections more than five weeks after the election due to the disputed Florida ballots.