211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta 960 Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song, initiating three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China 1789 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President 1859 One of the oldest known copies of the Bible, "The Codex Sinaiticus" (Sinai Bible), is seen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf who takes the manuscript home with him 1865 Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of Confederate forces 1969 The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO 1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering | 
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