1248 - Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Cologne Cathedral 1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen: German peasant army surrounded, 5,000 slaughtered ; ends the peasants' uprising 1928 - Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy" 1944 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss the plan for D-Day 1967 - Paul McCartney meets his future wife, American photographer Linda Eastman 1976 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army kill 3 Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in County Fermanagh and 1 in County Down 1983 - Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion 2008 - California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional. 2018 - Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison after being pardoned by King Muhammad V 2022 - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected President of Somalia in a vote restricted to the country's 328 members pf parliament amid security concerns More Historical Events »