- 0457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 0780 - Nicetas dies. Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan dies (b. 1009)
- 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
- 1102 - Empress Matilda was born (d. 1169). Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont dies (b. 1256). French founder of the House of Bourbon.
- 1478 - Sir Thomas More was born (d. 1535). English statesman and humanist, author.
- 1502 - Hugo Boncompagni was born. Pope Gregorio XIII.
- 1550 - Julius III becomes Pope.
- 1560 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli dies (b. 1493). Italian sculptor.
- 1569 - Se establece la Inquisición en América.
- 1602 - El pirata británico William Parker toma al asalto la ciudad de San Felipe de Portobelo (Panamá).
- 1626 - William V, Duke of Bavaria dies (b. 1548) .
- 1639 - La Academie Française publica el primer diccionario de la lengua francesa.
- 1642 - William Bedell dies (b. 1571). English clergyman.
- 1652 - Gregorio Allegri dies (b. 1582). Italian composer.
- 1690 - William Morice dies. English royalist statesman.
- 1693 - Paul Pellisson dies (b. 1624). French writer.
- 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia was born (d. 1740)
- 1736 - Stephen Gray dies (b. 1666). English astronomer and scientist.
- 1779 - William Boyce dies (b. 1711). English composer.
- 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
- 1799 - Qianlong dies (b. 1711). Emperor of China.
- 1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki dies (b. 1726). Polish painter.
- 1803 - Hector Berlioz was born (d. 1869). French composer
- 1804 - Nace John Deere, pionero en la creación de productos manufacturados para el uso de la agricultura.
- 1807 - Napoléon's French Empire began fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland.
- 1812 - The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes .
- 1812 - Lord Byron pronuncia su famoso discurso en la Cámara de los Lores.New Madrid, Missouri.
- 1812 - Charles Dickens was born (d. 1870). English novelist (Oliver Twist; David Copperfield).
- 1822 - Joaquín Gaztambide was born. Spanish composer.
- 1823 - Ann Radcliffe dies (b. 1764). English novelist.
- 1825 - Francisco Metrass was born (d. 14 Feb 1861). Portuguese painter.
- 1826 - El Congreso argentino nombra primer presidente de la República a Bernardino Rivadavia.
- 1830 - Marcos Portugal dies (b. 24 Mar 1762). Portuguese composer.
- 1833 - Ricardo Palma was born. Peruvian writer.
- 1834 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was born (d. 1907). Chemist and inventor of the Periodic table of the chemical elements.
- 1834 - Estanislao del Campo was born in Buenos Aires (d. 1880). Argentine poet, journalist and politician.
- 1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden dies (b. 1778).
- 1839 - Karl August Nicander dies (b. 1799). Swedish poet.
- 1842 - Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien
- 1842 - Alexandre Ribot was born (d. 1923). French statesman.
- 1848 - Doroteo Vasconcelos toma posesión de la Presidencia de El Salvador.
- 1849 - Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera was born (d. 1909). Peruvian novelist, writer and women rights defender (El Conspirador, La influencia de la mujer en la civilización)
- 1856 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
- 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder was born (d. 1957). American author.
- 1870 - Alfred Adler was born (d. 1937). Austrian psycologist.
- 1871 - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg dies (b. 1797). Piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons)
- 1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu dies (b. 1814). Irish writer.
- 1878 - Pope Pius IX dies (b. 1792) .
- 1882 - In Mississippi City, the last heavyweight boxing championship bare-knuckle fight takes place.
- 1883 - Eubie Blake was born (d. 1983). American musician, composer.
- 1885 - Sinclair Harry Lewis was born (d. 1951). American author who was the 1st American Nobel prize-winning author in 1930.
- 1887 - Hernâni Cidade was born in Redondo (d. 1975). Portuguese essayst and teacher.
- 1893 - Elisha Gray of Highland Park, Illinois, patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents.
- 1894 - The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- 1895 - Anita Stewart was born (d. 1961). American film actress.
- 1897 - Benito Pérez Galdós ingresa en la Real Academia Española.
- 1897 - Galileo Ferraris dies (b. 1847). Italian physicist.
- 1898 - Dock Boggs was born (d. 1971). American musician
- 1900 - The British Labour Party is formed.
- 1902 - Clementina de Jesus was born (d. 1987). Brazilian singer.
- 1904 - A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1904 - Ernst Ginsberg was born (d. 1964). Actor and film director.
- 1905 - Paul Nizan was born (d. 1940). French author .
- 1905 - Ulf von Euler was born (d. 1983). Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1906 - Puyi was born (d. 1967). Emperor of China.
- 1909 - Portinari was born. Brazilian painter.
- 1909 - Dom Helder Pessoa Câmara, morte de, prócer religioso católico brasileiro.
- 1910 - Max Bense was born (d. 1990). philosopher.
- 1911 - Carybé was born (d. 1997). Brazilian artist (painter, muralist, engraver, ceramist) and journalist and historian
- 1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Little Tramp", as his first film is released at Keystone Studios.
- 1914 - Ramón Mercader was born (d. 1978). Assassin of Leon Trotsky.
- 1915 - Eddie Bracken was born (d. 2002). American actor.
- 1917 - Se funda el Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima, de Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos.
- 1918 - Markey Robinson was born (d. 199). Northern Irish painter.
- 1919 - William Halford was born. American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient.
- 1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak dies (b. 1874). Russian military commander.
- 1920 - An Wang was born (d. 1990). Chinese-born computer pioneer.
- 1922 - Hattie Jacques was born (d. 1980). English actress.
- 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov was born. Cosmonaut .
- 1927 - Juliette Greco was born. French singer and actor.
- 1927 - Vladimir Kuts was born. Russian runner
- 1932 - Gay Talese was born. American author .
- 1932 - Al Worden was born. American astronaut.
- 1934 - Earl King was born (d. 2003). American musician.
- 1937 - Elihu Root dies. American politician Nobel Peace Prize in 1912.
- 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai was born. Indian communist leader.
- 1938 - Harvey Firestone dies (b. 1868). American manufacturer.
- 1939 - Boris Grigoriev dies (b. 1886). Russian painter.
- 1940 - Pinocchio, an Academy Award-winning animated feature based on the story Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, was first released by Walt Disney Productions.
- 1940 - Yvette Centeno was born. Portuguese writer.
- 1942 - In Drakulici, Banja Luka, Croatian Nazis kill 2,300 Serbian civilians, among them 551 children.
- 1942 - Ivan Bilibin dies (b. 1876). Russian illustrator.
- 1943 - Gareth Hunt was born. English actor.
- 1943 - World War II: In the United States it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in two days.
- 1944 - World War II: American Aircraft carrier strike on Truk.
- 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite was born. Actor.
- 1945 - Gerald Davies was born. Welsh rugby player.
- 1948 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Army chief of staff and was succeeded by Gen. Omar Bradley.
- 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani was born. Brazilian footballer and coach.
- 1952 - Sebastião da Gama dies (b. 1924). Portuguese poet.
- 1953 - Lige Curry was born. Musician (P Funk).
- 1953 - Dan Quisenberry was born (d. 1998). Baseball pitcher.
- 1954 - Dieter Bohlen was born. German Composer and Performer (Modern Talking) .
- 1955 - Mario Coutinho was born. Brazilian physician.
- 1955 - Rolf Benirschke was born. American football player
- 1955 - Miguel Ferrer was born. American actor.
- 1957 - Carney Lansford was born. American baseball player.
- 1958 - Manuel Mijares was born. Mexican singer.
- 1959 - Guitar Slim dies (b. 1926). American blues guitarist.
- 1960 - Igor Kurchatov dies (b. 1903). Russian phsycist.
- 1962 - Garth Brooks was born. American country music star .
- 1962 - Eddie Izzard was born. British actor and comedian.
- 1962 - The United States Government bans all US-related Cuban imports and exports.
- 1962 - Clara Nordström dies (b. 1886). German writer and translator.
- 1963 - Learco Guerra dies (b. 1902). Italian cyclist.
- 1964 - The Beatles arrived on their first visit to the United States.
- 1964 - Cassius Clay se convierte al islamismo.
- 1965 - Jason Gedrick was born. American actor
- 1966 - Paul Williams creates the rock music magazine Crawdaddy!.
- 1967 - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
- 1967 - Chris Rock was born. American comedian and actor .
- 1968 - Sully Erna was born. American singer (Godsmack)
- 1968 - Peter Bondra was born. Ukranian-born hockey player.
- 1968 - Nick Adams dies (b. 1931). American actor.
- 1969 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is removed from service.
- 1971 - Women gain the right to vote in Switzerland.
- 1972 - Alex Bassi was born. American Race Car Driver.
- 1973 - Ferdinand Schörner dies (b. 1892). German field marshal.
- 1974 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1976 - Darryl Sittler sets NHL record with 10 points in one game.
- 1976 - Future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs scores six goals and records four assists in an 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins, setting a NHL record with 10 points in one game.
- 1977 - The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 24.
- 1978 - Ashton Kutcher was born. American actor.
- 1979 - The final session of Iranian National Consultative Assembly is held.
- 1979 - Josef Mengele dies (b. 1911). Nazi war criminal
- 1983 - Christian Klien was born. Austrian Fórmula 1 car driver.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission - Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
- 1984 - Francisco Lopes Ribeiro - O Ribeirinho - dies in Lisbon (b 21 Sep 1911) Portuguese actor.
- 1985 - Tina Majorino was born. American actress
- 1985 - "New York, New York" becomes the official city anthem of New York City.
- 1985 - Matt Monro dies (b. 1932). English singer.
- 1985 - Nuno Bragança dies (b. 1929). Portuguese writer ( A noite e o riso)
- 1986 - 28 years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
- 1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop dies (b. 1923). Senegalese historian.
- 1987 - Madonna’s Open Your Heart hit #1 in the U.S. It was the third straight number-one single from her True Blue album
- 1990 - Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly of power.
- 1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen dies (b. 1913). American songwriter.
- 1991 - Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
- 1991 - Amos Yarkoni dies (b. 1920). Legendary Israeli soldier.
- 1991 - Jean-Paul Mousseau dies (b. 1927). Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes.
- 1992 - The European Union is formed - Maastricht Treaty.
- 1992 - Buzz Sawyer dies. Wrestler
- 1993 - Lillian Gish dies (b. 1893). American actress .
- 1994 - Paul Anka was honored at the French music industry’s annual awards in Paris for his song My Way. It became Frank Sinatra’s signature song.
- 1994 - Witold Lutosławski dies (b. 1913). Polish composer.
- 1994 - Stephen Milligan dies of autoerotic asphyxiation (b. 1948). British journalist and politician.
- 1995 - Ramzi Yousef, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 1996 - Ciento ochenta y nueve personas mueren a consecuencia de un accidente aéreo frente a las costas de la República Dominicana.
- 1996 - Letsie III assume o trono do Lesoto.
- 1996 - Phillip Davidson dies (b. 1915). US Army general.
- 1997 - Chloe Moretz was born. American actress
- 1998 - The 1998 Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.
- 1998 - Lawrence Sanders dies (b. 1920). American author.
- 1999 - King Hussein of Jordan dies (b. 1935) .
- 1999 - Bobby Troup dies (b. 1918). American musician and actor .
- 1999 - José Silva dies (b. 1914). Parapsychologist, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System
- 1999 - Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the ruler of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
- 2000 - Doug Henning dies (b. 1947). Canadian magician.
- 2000 - Big Pun dies (b. 1971). Puerto Rican rapper (b. 1971) .
- 2000 - Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan.
- 2001 - Dale Evans dies (b. 1912). American actress and singer.
- 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh dies (b. 1906). American author and aviator.
- 2002 - Lilí Del Mónico dies (b. 1910). Swiss-born Paraguayan artist and painter, co-founder of the group Arte Nuevo
- 2002 - Elisa Bridges dies (b. 1973). American model.
- 2003 - Augusto Monterroso dies (b. 1921). Guatemalan author.
- 2003 - Pioneer program: Last unsuccessful contact attempt with Pioneer 10.
- 2003 - John Reading dies (b. 1917). Mayor of Oakland, California.
- 2004 - John Hench dies (b. 1908). American artistic designer for Walt Disney .
- 2004 - Rebeca Martinez, girl born with two heads, died of complications from surgery to remove extra head (b. 2003) .
- 2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar dies (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Suicide bombing at airport in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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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