This Day in History

1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.

1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.

2002 : Israeli helicopters attacked and destroyed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s office in Gaza City.

2014 : North Korea leader Kim Jong-un was unanimously elected to the North Korean parliament in his district. This was the first of such type of elections to take place since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.

Birthdate of Osama Bin Laden