On this day
1265: The first English Parliament met at Westminster Hall.
1779: David Garrick, English actor and theatre manager, died and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
1892: The first game of basketball was played at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1900: John Ruskin, painter and social reformer, died at Coniston in the Lake District.
1936: George V died, and Edward VIII acceded to the throne. He abdicated after 325 days.
1944: The RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1961: John F Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States.
1993: William Jefferson Clinton was sworn in as 42nd president of the United