0456 - Offa, king of Mercia dies
0811 - Nicephorus I, dies (slain in battle). Byzantine emperor.
1030 - Stanislaus of Szczepanów, was born (d. 1079). St. Stanislaw.
1380 - Emperor Komyo of Japan, dies (b. 1322). Second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
1469 - Battle of Edgecote Moor .
0811 - Nicephorus I, dies (slain in battle). Byzantine emperor.
1030 - Stanislaus of Szczepanów, was born (d. 1079). St. Stanislaw.
1380 - Emperor Komyo of Japan, dies (b. 1322). Second of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders
1469 - Battle of Edgecote Moor .
1471 - Pope Paul II died.
1581 - Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Oath of Abjuration). The declaration of independence of the northern Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1678 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor was born (d. 1711)
1680 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, dies (b. 1647). English writer.
1712 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, dies (b. 1631). English statesman.
1723 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, dies (b. 1660). English statesman
1782 - John Field, was born (d. 1837). Irish composer.
1775 - The birth of what would later become the United States Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General.
1788 - New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States.
1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, was born (d. 1844). Composer.
1802 - Mariano Arista, was born (d. 1855). President of Mexico.
1803 - the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London. 1822 - Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1847 - Liberia gains independence.
1581 - Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Oath of Abjuration). The declaration of independence of the northern Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.
1678 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor was born (d. 1711)
1680 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, dies (b. 1647). English writer.
1712 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, dies (b. 1631). English statesman.
1723 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, dies (b. 1660). English statesman
1782 - John Field, was born (d. 1837). Irish composer.
1775 - The birth of what would later become the United States Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress and Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General.
1788 - New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States.
1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, was born (d. 1844). Composer.
1802 - Mariano Arista, was born (d. 1855). President of Mexico.
1803 - the Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London. 1822 - Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín meet in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1847 - Liberia gains independence.
1852 - O general Justo José de Urquiza assume o governo da República Argentina.
1855 - Ferdinand Tönnies, was born (d. 1936). Sociologist.
1856 - George Bernard Shaw, was born (d. 1950). Author, playwright, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1925.
1861 - American Civil War: George McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1863 - American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends - At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
1863 - Sam Houston, dies (b. 1793). President of the Republic of Texas.
1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, was born (d. 1939). Politician.
1874 - Serge Koussevitsky, was born (d. 1951). Russian conductor.
1875 - Carl Jung, was born (d. 1961), Swiss psychiatrist and analytical psychologist who identified the introvert and extrovert types.
1875 - Antonio Machado was born (d. 1939). Spanish poet.
1878 - In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.
1855 - Ferdinand Tönnies, was born (d. 1936). Sociologist.
1856 - George Bernard Shaw, was born (d. 1950). Author, playwright, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1925.
1861 - American Civil War: George McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
1863 - American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends - At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
1863 - Sam Houston, dies (b. 1793). President of the Republic of Texas.
1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, was born (d. 1939). Politician.
1874 - Serge Koussevitsky, was born (d. 1951). Russian conductor.
1875 - Carl Jung, was born (d. 1961), Swiss psychiatrist and analytical psychologist who identified the introvert and extrovert types.
1875 - Antonio Machado was born (d. 1939). Spanish poet.
1878 - In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside.
1885 - Andre Maurois, was born in Elbeuf, Normandy (d. 7 Oct 1967) . French writer. Honorary president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966
1887 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language".
1889 - Tobias Barreto de Meneses, escritor brasileiro.
1887 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language".
1889 - Tobias Barreto de Meneses, escritor brasileiro.
1890 - Explode em Buenos Aires uma revolução dirigida por Leandro N. Alem contra Miguel Juárez Celman, que deixou a presidência argentina.
1891 - A França faz a anexação da ilha do Taiti.
1892 - Sad Sam Jones, was born (d. 1966). Major League Baseball player.
1894 - Aldous Huxley, was born (d. 22 Nov 1963). Author.
1897 - Paul Gallico, was born (d. 1976). Author.
1892 - Sad Sam Jones, was born (d. 1966). Major League Baseball player.
1894 - Aldous Huxley, was born (d. 22 Nov 1963). Author.
1897 - Paul Gallico, was born (d. 1976). Author.
1899 - O presidente da República Dominicana Ulises Heureaux é assassinado
1900 - Ernesto Rodolfo Hintze Ribeiro assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
1902 - Gracie Allen, was born (d. 27 Aug 1964). Actress, comedienne.
1903 - Estes Kefauver, was born (d. 1963). U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
1908 - United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1908 - Salvador Allende, was born (d. 1973). President of Chile.
1909 - Vivian Vance, was born (d. 17 Aug 1979). Emmy Award-winning actress: I Love Lucy [1953]; The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Lucy in Connecticut, The Lucy Show;
1902 - Gracie Allen, was born (d. 27 Aug 1964). Actress, comedienne.
1903 - Estes Kefauver, was born (d. 1963). U.S. Senator from Tennessee.
1908 - United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1908 - Salvador Allende, was born (d. 1973). President of Chile.
1909 - Vivian Vance, was born (d. 17 Aug 1979). Emmy Award-winning actress: I Love Lucy [1953]; The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Lucy in Connecticut, The Lucy Show;
1914 - Erskine Hawkins was born (d. 11 Nov 1993). Jazz trumpeter
1915 - Juan Luis Sanfuentes é eleito presidente do Chile.
1919 - Sir Edward Poynter, dies (b. 1836). British painter.
1920 - Bob Waterfield, was born (d. 1983). American football player.
1921 - Jean Shepherd, was born (d. 1999). Writer.
1922 - Blake Edwards, was born. Film director (The Pink Panther, 10, Victor/Victoria, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses, Switch, Peter Gunn)
1922 - Jason Robards, was born (d. 26 Dec 2000). Actor.
1923 - Hoyt Wilhelm, was born (d. 2002). Major League Baseball player.
1925 - Gottlob Frege, dies (b. 1848). German mathematician and logician
1925 - William Jennings Bryan, dies (b. 1860). American politician.
1919 - Sir Edward Poynter, dies (b. 1836). British painter.
1920 - Bob Waterfield, was born (d. 1983). American football player.
1921 - Jean Shepherd, was born (d. 1999). Writer.
1922 - Blake Edwards, was born. Film director (The Pink Panther, 10, Victor/Victoria, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Days of Wine and Roses, Switch, Peter Gunn)
1922 - Jason Robards, was born (d. 26 Dec 2000). Actor.
1923 - Hoyt Wilhelm, was born (d. 2002). Major League Baseball player.
1925 - Gottlob Frege, dies (b. 1848). German mathematician and logician
1925 - William Jennings Bryan, dies (b. 1860). American politician.
1926 - James Best was born. Actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ode to Billy Joe, The Naked and the Dead, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair)
1928 - Stanley Kubrick, was born (d. 7 Mar 1999). Movie director ( 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Paths of Glory).
1928 - Francesco Cossiga, was born. Eighth President of Italy.
1930 - João Pessoa, político paraibano, é assassinado.
1931 - José Lino Grünewald dies (b. 13 Feb 1931). Brazilian lawyer, journalist and poet.
1932 - Frederick Duesenberg, dies. Automotive inventor.
1935 - Winsor McCay, dies (b. 1871). Early cartoonist.
1928 - Stanley Kubrick, was born (d. 7 Mar 1999). Movie director ( 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Paths of Glory).
1928 - Francesco Cossiga, was born. Eighth President of Italy.
1930 - João Pessoa, político paraibano, é assassinado.
1931 - José Lino Grünewald dies (b. 13 Feb 1931). Brazilian lawyer, journalist and poet.
1932 - Frederick Duesenberg, dies. Automotive inventor.
1935 - Winsor McCay, dies (b. 1871). Early cartoonist.
1935 -Charlotte Beers was born. Advertising executive.
1936 - The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War
1939 - John Howard, was born. Twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia
1939 - Bob Lilly, was born. American football player.
1939 - John Howard, was born. Twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia
1939 - Bob Lilly, was born. American football player.
1940 - Dobie Gray was born. Singer
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, was born (d. 1969). Aide to Robert F. Kennedy
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, was born (d. 1969). Aide to Robert F. Kennedy
1941 - Darlene Love was born. Singer-actress
1941 - Brenton Wood was born. Singer
1941 - World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
1941 - Brenton Wood was born. Singer
1941 - World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
1943 - Peter Hyams . Movie director
1943 - Mick Jagger, was born. English musician (Rolling Stones)
1944 - Micki King, was born. Diver
1945 - General election results in the United Kingdom are announced; The Labour Party wins 48% of the vote and a Parliamentary majority of 146 seats (the largest in post-war British history). This is in spite of Conservative Party leader Winston Churchill's popularity.
1945 - The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
1943 - Mick Jagger, was born. English musician (Rolling Stones)
1944 - Micki King, was born. Diver
1945 - General election results in the United Kingdom are announced; The Labour Party wins 48% of the vote and a Parliamentary majority of 146 seats (the largest in post-war British history). This is in spite of Conservative Party leader Winston Churchill's popularity.
1945 - The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
1945 - Reunião constituinte das Nações Unidas em Nova York.
1946 - Helen Mirren was born. Actress
1947 - Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
1947 - President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1948 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
1948 - André Marie becomes Prime Minister of France
1949 - Roger Taylor, was born. Musician (Queen)
1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1952 - Eva Perón, dies (b. 1919). Wife of Argentine President Juan Perón.
1953 - Nikolaos Plastiras, dies (b. 1883). Greek general and politician.
1953 - Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1947 - President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1948 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
1948 - André Marie becomes Prime Minister of France
1949 - Roger Taylor, was born. Musician (Queen)
1952 - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1952 - Eva Perón, dies (b. 1919). Wife of Argentine President Juan Perón.
1953 - Nikolaos Plastiras, dies (b. 1883). Greek general and politician.
1953 - Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1954 - Vitas Gerulaitis was born (d. 17 Sep 1994, killed by carbon monoxide from a faulty heater) . Tennis champion: Australian Open [1977]
1956 - Following the World Bank's decline to fund building the Aswan High Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal sparking international condemnation.
1956 - Dorothy Hamill, was born. American figure skater.
1956 - Dorothy Hamill, was born. American figure skater.
1957 - Nana Visitor, was born. Actress.
1957 - Carlos Castillo Armas, President of Guatemala (1954-1957) , is assassinated.
1958 - Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1959 - Kevin Spacey, was born. Academy Award-winning actor: American Beauty [1999]; Academy Award-winning supporting actor: The Usual Suspects [1995]; A Time to Kill, Outbreak, Consenting Adults, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Lost in Yonkers, Henry and June, Working Girl, Wiseguy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, L.A. Confidential
1958 - Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
1959 - Kevin Spacey, was born. Academy Award-winning actor: American Beauty [1999]; Academy Award-winning supporting actor: The Usual Suspects [1995]; A Time to Kill, Outbreak, Consenting Adults, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Lost in Yonkers, Henry and June, Working Girl, Wiseguy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, L.A. Confidential
1963 - Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
1963 - Earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia - 1800 dead
1964 - Sandra Bullock, was born. Actress: ( Speed, Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Net, While You Were Sleeping, A Time to Kill, Hope Floats, Forces of Nature, Miss Congeniality, Fool Proof, Exactly 3:30, The Chambermaid)
1963 - Earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia - 1800 dead
1964 - Sandra Bullock, was born. Actress: ( Speed, Speed 2: Cruise Control, The Net, While You Were Sleeping, A Time to Kill, Hope Floats, Forces of Nature, Miss Congeniality, Fool Proof, Exactly 3:30, The Chambermaid)
1964 - Train from Povoa de Varzim, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
1965 - Jeremy Piven, was born. Actor (The Larry Sanders Show, Ellen, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Kiss the Girls, Cupid, Serendipity, Highway, Black Hawk Down)
1965 - Jeremy Piven, was born. Actor (The Larry Sanders Show, Ellen, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, Kiss the Girls, Cupid, Serendipity, Highway, Black Hawk Down)
1965 - Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1966 - Jennifer Ashe was born. Actress (As the World Turns)
1966 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
1966 - Lord Gardiner issues the Practice Statement in the House of Lords stating that the House is not bound to follow its own previous precedent.
1967 - De Gaulle’s political sensation - During a speech on a state visit to Canada, Charles de Gaulle caused a political sensation. He supported French-Canadian separatism, thereby offending the public and the Canadian government
1968 - Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, was born. South African cricketer
1969 - Frank Loesser, dies (b. 1910). Composer.
1968 - Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
1969 - Jonty Rhodes, was born. South African cricketer
1969 - Frank Loesser, dies (b. 1910). Composer.
1970 - Albano and Romina Power get married.
1971- Diane Arbus , dies (b. 1923). Photographer.
1971 - Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15.
1973 - Kate Beckinsale, was born in London. British actress .Pearl Harbor, One Against the Wind, Much Ado About Nothing, Haunted, Shooting Fish, Brokedown Palace, Alice Through the Looking Glass , The Aviator
1971- Diane Arbus , dies (b. 1923). Photographer.
1971 - Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15.
1973 - Kate Beckinsale, was born in London. British actress .Pearl Harbor, One Against the Wind, Much Ado About Nothing, Haunted, Shooting Fish, Brokedown Palace, Alice Through the Looking Glass , The Aviator
1975 - O Movimento das Forças Armadas de Portugal acorda concentrar o poder num triunvirato formado pelo Presidente da República, General Costa e Gomes; o primeiro- ministro, general Vasco Gonçalves, e o general Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho.
1976 - Chad Pennington, was born. American football player
1977 - Rebecca St. James, was born. Australian born Gospel musician.
1976 - Chad Pennington, was born. American football player
1977 - Rebecca St. James, was born. Australian born Gospel musician.
1979 - Carlo Rizzo dies in Milan (b. 30 Apr 1907 in Trieste). Italian actor.
1984 - Ed Gein, dies (b. 1906). American serial killer.
1986 - Averell Harriman, dies (b. 1891). American diplomat.
1984 - Ed Gein, dies (b. 1906). American serial killer.
1986 - Averell Harriman, dies (b. 1891). American diplomat.
1988 - Fazlur Rahman, dies (b. 1919). Pakistani scholar.
1989 - A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
1989 - A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
1990 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a young woman, later identified as Kimberly Bergalis, had been infected with the AIDS virus, apparently by her dentist.
1991 - Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, is arrested for allegedly exposing himself at a Sarasota, Florida adult theatre.
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Megadrive in Japan
1991 - Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, is arrested for allegedly exposing himself at a Sarasota, Florida adult theatre.
1991 - Sonic the Hedgehog is released for the Sega Megadrive in Japan
1992 - Miguel Indurain of Spain won cycling's Tour de France for the second year in a row.
1993 - Taylor Momsen, was born. Actress. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Prophet’s Game, We Were Soldiers .
1993 - Taylor Momsen, was born. Actress. How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Prophet’s Game, We Were Soldiers .
1996 - Amy Van Dyken became the first American woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics as she captured the 50-meter freestyle in Atlanta.
1997 - Kunihiko Kodaira dies (b. 16 Mar 1915). Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954 for his work in algebraic geometry and complex analysis.
1998 - Morte do bispo boliviano Carlos Anasagasti Zulueta.
1999 - El escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol gana el premio de Literatura Iberoamericana y del Caribe Juan Rulfo.
2001 - Peter von Zahn, dies (b. 1913). German journalist
2001 - Peter von Zahn, dies (b. 1913). German journalist
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