1610 - The Parliament of Paris appointed Louis XIII as the King of France.
1925 - The first Arabic communist newspaper was launched.
1918 - The first airmail service started in America.
1935 - The Moscow Metro was opened to the public.
1993- The United Nations decided to celebrate International Family Day.
1995 - Allison Gargrebs becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Everest without an oxygen cylinder.
1967- Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit was born.