January 18, 2012

1486 – Henry VII of England married Elizabeth of York, uniting the warring houses of Lancaster and York

1778 – English explorer Captain James Cook became the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands

1800 – The Bank of France was created

1919 – The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France

2005 – The world’s largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France

2012 – Wikipedia goes dark on piracy bill protest day

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