On this day in 1301, the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century, ended with the death of King Andrew III.
On this day in 1724, Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated in favor of his eldest son Louis.
On this day in 1900, Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
On this day in 1953, Josip Broz Tito was inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
On this day 1975, British teenage heiress Lesley Whittle was kidnapped by Donald Neilson and subsequently murdered during a failed ransom collection attempt.