1157 - Richard I, the Lion-Hearted, English king was born.
1565 - Spanish colonists establish the first permanent European settlement in North America at Saint Augustine, Florida.
1925 - Peter Sellers, British-born comic actor, renowned for his versatile impersonations, was born.
1974 - U.S. president Gerald Ford, who took office after Richard Nixon's resignation the month before, pardons Nixon for any "crimes he committed or may have committed."
