- 1249 - Raymond VII of Toulouse dies (b. 1197)
- 1275 - John II of Brabant was born (d. 1312)
- 1304 - John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey dies. English soldier.
- 1389 - Cosimo de Medici was born (d. 1464). Ruler of Florence.
- 1404 - William of Wykeham dies (b. 1320). English bishop.
- 1514 - The Spanish crown granted explorer Juan Ponce de Leon the title Military Governor of Bimini (an island in the Bahamas) and Florida. With this title and the implied permission it contained to colonize those regions, Ponce de Leon sailed for Florida in 1521.
- 1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
- 1557 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan dies (b. 1497)
- 1590 - Pope Urban VII [Giambattista Castagna] dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history (b. 1521)
- 1601 - King Louis XIII of France was born († 1641)
- 1605 - The armies of Sweden are utterly defeated by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm
- 1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet was born ( † 1704). French bishop and author.
- 1643 - Solomon Stoddard was born. American Puritan clergyman.
- 1651 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria dies (b. 1573)
- 1660 - Vincent de Paul dies (b. 1580). French saint.
- 1696 - Alphonsus Liguori was born (d. 1787). Italian founder of the Redemptionist order.
- 1700 - Pope Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli] dies. Pope (1691-1700).
- 1719 - George Smalridge dies (b. 1662). English Bishop of Bristol.
- 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was born (d. 1800). German mathematician.
- 1722 - Samuel Adams was born (d. 1803). American revolutionary leader.
- 1729 - Michael Denis was born (d. 1800). Austrian poet.
- 1730 - Laurence Eusden dies (b. 1688). English poet.
- 1735 - Peter Artedi dies (b. 1705). Swedish naturalist.
- 1737 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester dies (b. 1680). English privy councillor.
- 1742 - Hugh Boulter dies (b. 1672). Irish Archbishop of Armagh.
- 1779 - John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
- 1783 - Agustin I de Iturbide was born. Emperor of Mexico (1822-23).
- 1783 - Étienne Bézout dies (b. 1730). French mathematician.
- 1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont was born (d. 1865). American admiral.
- 1805 - George Müller was born (d. 1898). Prussian orphanage builder.
- 1810 - Batalha do Buçaco entre o exército aliado, formado sobretudo por contingentes britânicos e portugueses, comandado por Wellington, e o exército francês comandado
pelo marechal do Império Massena. - 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe was born (d. 1884). German chemist.
- 1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel was born (d. 1881). Swiss writer.
- 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
- 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson was born (d. 1862). American Civil War general.
- 1825 - The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
- 1829 - O Monte Ararat é escalado pela primeira vez
- 1830 - William Babcock Hazen was born (d. 1887). American Civil War general.
- 1832 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause dies (b. 1781). German philosopher.
- 1840 - Thomas Nast was born (d. 1902). German-born political cartoonist.
- 1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard was born (d. 1903). Belgian geologist.
- 1843 - Gaston Tarry was born (d. 1913). French mathematician.
- 1854 - The steamship Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1862 - Louis Botha was born (d. 1919). South-African politician, first Prime Minister of the modern South African state, then called the Union of South Africa.
- 1866 - Eurosia Fabris was born (d. 1932). Italian Catholic Blessed.
- 1871 - Grazia Deledda was born (d. 1936). Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1876 - Braxton Bragg dies (b. 1817). American Confederate general.
- 1879 - Hans Hahn was born (d. 1934). Austrian mathematician.
- 1879 - Cyril Scott was born (d. 1970). English composer.
- 1885 - Harry Blackstone was born (d. 1965). American magician.
- 1885 - Delia del Carril Iraeta was born. Argentinian painter, Pablo Neruda's wife.
- 1891 - Ivan Goncharov dies (b. 1812). Russian author.
- 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen was born (d. 1922). German pilot.
- 1896 - Sam Ervin was born (d. 1985). U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
- 1897 - Rodrigues de Abreu was born in Capivari, SP (d. 24 Nov 1927). Brazilian neo-romantic poet (Casa Destelhada - 1927)
- 1898 - Vincent Youmans was born (d. 1946). American composer.
- 1903 - Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
- 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
- 1906 - William Empson was born (d. 1984). British poet and critic.
- 1906 - Jim Thompson was born (d. 1977). American author.
- 1907 - Maurice Blanchot was born (d. 2003). French philosopher and writer.
- 1907 - Bhagat Singh was born (d. 1931). Indian freedom fighter.
- 1907 - Fundação do Club Atlético San Martín - Argentina.
- 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy dies (b. 1844). French geologist.
- 1913 - Albert Ellis was born. American psychologist.
- 1915 - Morreu Ramalho Ortigão. Escritor português autor de O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, elaborado em parceria com Eça de Queirós.
- 1917 - Edgar Degas dies (b. 19 Jul 1834). French painter and sculptor (some paints: The Suffering of the City of New Orleans; Song of the Dog; Woman bathing)
- 1918 - Martin Ryle was born (d. 1984). English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1919 - James H. Wilkinson was born (d. 1986). American mathematician.
- 1920 - William Conrad was born (d. 1994). American actor.
- 1920 - Jayne Meadows was born. American actress
- 1921 - Engelbert Humperdinck dies (b. 1854). German composer.
- 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II.
- 1922 - Arthur Penn was born in Philadelphia. American director (Miracle Worker, Bonnie and Clyde )
- 1922 - Carl Ballantine was born. American actor.
- 1924 - Fred Singer was born. American environmental scientist
- 1924 - Bernard Waber was born. American author.
- 1924 - Bud Powell was born (d. 1966). American jazz pianist.
- 1927 - Romano Scarpa was born. Italian comic book artist
- 1927 - Steve Stavro was born (d. 2006). Canadian businessman.
- 1928 - The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
- 1931 - Freddy Quinn was born. Austrian singer.
- 1932 - Roger C. Carmel was born (d. 1986). American actor.
- 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson was born. American economist
- 1932 - Michael Colvin was born. Canadian tenor
- 1933 - Ring Lardner dies (b. 1885). American writer.
- 1933 - Fortunato de Almeida dies. Portuguese historian.
- 1933 - Greg Morris was born (d. 1996). American television and movie actor.
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley was born. American actor
- 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr. was born. American actor
- 1934 - Dick Schaap was born (d. 2001). American sports reporter.
- 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe was born. British author, playwright, and actor
- 1936 - Don Cornelius was born. American television host
- 1937 - Last Balinese Tiger killed.
- 1939 - Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
- 1939 - Kathy Whitworth was born in Monahans, Texas. Professional golf's all-time leading tournament winner
- 1942 - Dith Pran was born. Cambodian-born photojournalist
- 1940 - Walter Benjamin dies (b. 1892). German philosopher.
- 1940 - Julius Wagner-Jauregg dies (b. 1857). Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
- 1941 - The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more that 2,700 Liberty ships.
- 1941 - Serge Ménard was born. Québécois politician.
- 1942 - Dith Pran was born. Cambodian-born photojournalist.
- 1942 - Alvin Stardust was born. English singer.
- 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
- 1943 - Randy Bachman was born. Canadian musician
- 1944 - Aristide Maillol dies (b. 1861). French sculptor and painter.
- 1944 - Aimee Semple McPherson dies (b. 1890). American evangelist.
- 1945 - Jack Goldstein was born (d. 2003). Canadian-born artist.
- 1946 - Robin Nedwell was born (d. 1999). English comedy actor.
- 1947 - Randy Bachman was born. Canadian musician
- 1947 - Barbara Dickson was born. Scottish singer.
- 1947 - Liz Torres was born. American actress.
- 1947 - Meat Loaf was born. American singer.
- 1948 - Michele Dotrice was born. English actor.
- 1948 - A. Martinez was born. American actor.
- 1948 - Tom Braidwood was born. Canadian actor.
- 1949 - Mike Schmidt was born. Baseball player
- 1949 - Graham Richardson was born. Australian politician
- 1949 - Jahn Teigen was born. Norwegian singer
- 1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
- 1951 - Jim Shooter was born. American comic book writer
- 1951 - Paul Craig was born. British law professor.
- 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu was born. Romanian cosmonaut.
- 1952 - André Viger was born. French Canadian marathoner.
- 1952 - Francisco Morais Alves (O Rei da Voz ; the Voice's king) dies (b. 19 Aug 1898). Brazilian singer and composer.
- 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi was born. Indian religious leader.
- 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott was born. British politician.
- 1953 - Mick Wagner was born. American monologist.
- 1953 - TV Record, Brazilian TV Network, debuts.
- 1956 - Gerald Finzi dies (b. 1901). English composer.
- 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias dies (b. 1911). American athlete and golfer.
- 1958 - Shaun Cassidy was born. American singer and actor
- 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst dies (b. 1882). English suffragette and social activist.
- 1961 - Serra Leoa é admitida como Estado-Membro da ONU
- 1961 - Andy Lau was born. Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1961 - Irvine Welsh was born. Scottish writer.
- 1962 - Francisco Brochado da Rocha dies at 52. Prime-Minister of Brazil.
- 1964 - The Warren Commission releases its report, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
- 1965 - Alexis Stewart was born. American radio personality.
- 1965 - Bernard Lord was born. Canadian politician, premier of New Brunswick
- 1965 - Peter MacKay was born. Canadian political leader.
- 1965 - Maria Schrader was born. German actress.
- 1965 - Steve Kerr was born. Lebanese-born basketball player
- 1965 - Clara Bow dies (b. 1905). American actress.
- 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini (Jovanotti). Italian singer.
- 1967 - Prince Felix Yussupov dies (b. 1887). Russian assassin of Rasputin.
- 1968 - The stage musical Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof's collapsing in July 1973.
- 1968 - Portugal: Marcelo Caetano substitui Salazar na liderança do governo português.
- 1971 - Li Yapeng was born. Chinese actor.
- 1972 - Sylvia Crawley was born. American basketball player.
- 1972 - Clara Hughes was born. Canadian cyclist.
- 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan dies (b. 1892). Indian mathematician and librarian.
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California. American actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight ).
- 1973 - Idalécio was born in Alcochete. Portuguese football player (Rio Ave).
- 1974 - Lina Gaviria was born. Miss Universe-Colombia 1996
- 1974 - Na Etiópia, os militares depõem o imperador Haile Selassie
- 1975 - Em Portugal, Pinheiro de Azevedo empossa o 6º. Governo Provisório.
- 1975 - Jack Lang dies (b. 1876). Australian politician.
- 1975 - The government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill, featuring a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
- 1976 - Francesco Totti was born. Italian footballer
- 1977 - Andrus Värnik was born. Estonian athlete, javelin thrower
- 1978 - Brad Arnold was born. American singer and songwriter (3 Doors Down)
- 1978 - Jon Rauch was born. American baseball player.
- 1979 - The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
- 1979 - Dame Gracie Fields dies (b. 1898). British comedian.
- 1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
- 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji was born. Indian cricketer.
- 1981 - Brendon McCullum was born. New Zealand cricketer.
- 1981 - Robert Montgomery dies (b. 1904). American actor.
- 1982 - Lil Wayne was born. American rapper and producer (Cash Money Records)
- 1983 - O governo português aprova legislação sobre incêndios florestais, para penalizar a origem criminosa (sem grande sucesso a crer pelos indícios de incendios de origem criminosa)
- 1984 - Avril Lavigne was born. Canadian singer and songwriter.
- 1984 - Paul Bevan was born. Australian football player.
- 1985 - Jamar Butler was born. American basketball player.
- 1985 - Lloyd Nolan dies (b. 1902). American actor.
- 1986 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica, dies after being crushed by the band's tour bus during their European tour (b. 1962).
- 1987 - Brasil: Posse solene de D. Lucas Moreira Neves como arcebispo de Salvador
- 1988 - The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded.
- 1989 - Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
- 1991 - Portugal : Publicação do último número do jornal Diário Popular, fundado a 22 de Setembro de 1942.
- 1991 - Oona O'Neill dies (b. 1926). Daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and 4th wife of Charlie Chaplin
- 1992 - Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163.
- 1993 - Constituição da Cabovisão (Portugal)
- 1993 - Jimmy Doolittle dies (b. 1896). U.S. general and World War II hero.
- 1994 - Carlos Lleras Restrepo dies. President of Colombia (1966-1970)
- 1995 - The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bills with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
- 1995 - At the O.J. Simpson trial, the prosecution and defense presented dueling summations.
- 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah (b. 1947).
- 1997 - Communications are lost with the Mars Pathfinder for unknown reasons.
- 1997 - Walter Trampler dies (b. 1915). American violist.
- 1998 - Google is established
- 1998 - Doak Walker dies (b. 1927). American football player.
- 1998 - Narita Bryan dies (b. 1991). Japanese racehorse.
- 1999 - The last professional baseball game is played at historic Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan.
- 2000 - Venus Williams became only the second player to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Olympics in the same year with her 6-2, 6-4 victory over Elena Dementieva. (The first was Steffi Graf, in 1988.)
- 2001 - Boyband 5ive announced their disbandment.
- 2002 - Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations (191st Member)
- 2003 - Smart 1 is launched.
- 2003 - Donald O'Connor dies (b. 1925). American actor, dancer, and singer.
- 2004 - Virgin Group announces a joint venture with Mojave Aerospace Ventures to build VSS Enterprise for commercial space flights and a new company called Virgin Galactic.
- 2005 - Ronald Golias dies (b. 1929). Brazilian comedian.
- RC Saints - Saint Vincent de Paul
- Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
- French Community Day (Belgium)
- Meskel in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
- Dia da Música Popular Brasileira
- World Tourism Day / Dia Mundial do Turismo
Amor, morte, poesia, política, actualidade, futebol, efemérides, solidão, paz, humor, musica...tudo e nada; Here we talk about life, love, death,
On this day in History, poetry, politics, football (soccer), solitude, peace, humour, music ... nothing and all.
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