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366 - The Alamanni crossed the frozen Rhine in large numbers to invade the Roman Empire.
533 - Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
1492 - Reconquista: Los Reyes Católicos expelled Boabdil of Granada (pictured), the last of the Moorish rulers, from the Iberian Peninsula.
1946 - Unable to resume his reign after World War II, King Zog of Albania abdicated but retained his claim to the throne.
1949 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

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