1598 - Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I 1894 - William K.L. Dickson captures "Fred Ott's Sneeze" as a motion picture at Thomas Edison's Black Mariah Studio‚ West Orange‚ New Jersey 1910 - Stanley Cup‚ Dey's Arena‚ Ottawa‚ ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON)‚ 3-1 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series 1916 - In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson‚ Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare 1922 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified by Dail Eireann by a 64-57 vote 1929 - Croatian nationalist and fascist movement‚ UstaÅ¡a founded by Ante Pavelić in exile in Italy 1933 - 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1980 - Real Records releases "Pretenders"‚ the debut album of The Pretenders‚ in UK 1992 - Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 2019 - Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable listed company for the first time‚ worth $797 billion More Historical Events »