On today's date in 1918: The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1862: American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1699: First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 706: Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1493: While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 590: Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 2005: The video-sharing web site YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1349: Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1804: Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1633: Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1692: Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1660: The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1993: Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1947: The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1994: Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1534: Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 55: The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1534: Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1976: The Frente de Liberación Homosexual made their final public appearance, shortly before the group's dissolution due to political repression after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état. #history #grownostr

On today's date in 1846: First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in the final battle of the war. #history #grownostr