- 0656 - 'Uthman ibn 'Affan dies. He was the third caliph to rule after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. He was also the first man of high social and economic standing to convert to Islam.
- 1215 - King John sealed the Magna Carta.
- 1216 - Pope Innocent III dies
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, was born (d. 1375). Italian writer.
- 1373 - Ratificação do Tratado de Tajilde, entre D. Fernando e Eduardo III de Inglaterra, em que o rei de Portugal se compromete a apoiar o rei inglês contra Henrique II de Castela.
- 1464 - Roger van der Weyden dies (b. 1399). Flemish painter.
- 1468 - Jean Le Fevre dies (b. ca. 1395). Burgundian chronicler.
- 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses
- 1514 - John Cheke was born (d. 1557). English classical scholar.
- 1583 - Axel Oxenstierna was born (d. 1654). Swedish statesman.
- 1586 - Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir
- 1613 - John Cleveland, was born (d. 1658). English poet.
- 1620 - Carlo Saraceni (or Sarucini) dies (b. 1580). Venetian Baroque era painter ( Madonna and Child with Saint Anne ; Saint Cecilia and the Angel ) .
- 1622 - Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, dies (b. ca. 1555). Chancellor of Scotland.
1626 - Christian the Younger dies (b. 1599). Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, Protestant military commander. - 1644 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, was born (d. 1670). Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and Duchess of Orléans.
- 1654 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates
- 1666 - Richard Fanshawe dies (b. 1608). English poet, translator and diplomat.
- 1671 - Stenka Razin dies executed (b. ca. 1630). Cossack rebel leader.
- 1707 - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, dies (b. 1625). Sovereign princess of Neuchatel, best known for her Mémoires.-
- 1716 - The first volume of Alexander Pope's* translation of the lliad is published. Admonishes classical scholar Richard Bentley: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer."
- 1722 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough dies (b. 1650). English general.
- 1735 - Michel Nicolas Bernard Lépicié was born (d. 14 Sep 1784). French painter, draftsman, and professor (A mother feeding her child)
- 1738 - Mary Katharine Goddard was born (d. 1816). American printer and publisher.
- 1745 - British troops take Cape Breton Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River
- 1745 - Sir William Pepperell captures the French fortress of Louisburg during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1746 - War of Austrian Succession: Austria and Sardinia defeat a Franco-Spanish army at the Battle of Piacenza
- 1752 - Giulio Alberoni dies (b. 1664). Spanish cardinal.
- 1752 - Joseph Butler dies (b. 1692). English philosopher.
- 1755 - French and Indian War: French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
- 1774 - Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
- 1775 - Começo da construção da Igreja da Candelária, no Rio de Janeiro
- 1777 - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset dies (b. 1709). French poet and dramatist.
- 1778 - Konrad Ekhof dies (b. 1720). German actor.
- 1792 - John Linnell was born (d. 1882). English artist.
- 1792 - Sir Thomas Mitchell was born (d. 1855). Australian explorer.
- 1801 - Julius Plücker was born (d. 22 May 1868). German mathematician and physicist.
- 1804 - Johann Hiller dies (b. 1728). German composer.
- 1806 - Edward Davy was born (d. 1885). English physician, chemist, and inventor.
- 1813 - Otto Jahn was born (d. 1869). German archaeologist.
- 1817 - Alexander J. Dallas dies (b. 1759). Statesman and financier.
- 1820 - Athanase Coquerel was born (d. 1875). French protestant preacher.
- 1826 - Constantin von Ettingshausen was born (d. 1897). Austrian geologist and botanist
- 1829 - Geronimo was born (d. 1909). Apache warrior and leader.
- 1836 - Wesley Merritt was born (d. 1910). Soldier
- 1836 - Formation of the London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement
- 1837 - Ernst Laas was born (d. 1885). German philosopher.
- 1838 - Cushman Davis was born (d. 1900). Politician.
- 1840 - Ernst Otto Schlick was born (d. 1913). Engineer.
- 1846 - Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferreti is elected Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy (not counting St. Peter).
- 1848 - Ludwig II dies (b. 1777). Grand-Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt.
- 1849 - Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette dies (b. 1780). German theologian.
- 1855 - John Gorrie dies (b. 1803). Physician, early pioneer in refrigeration.
- 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny.
- 1858 - John Snow dies (b. 1803). English obstetrician.
- 858 - King Gustav V of Sweden was born (d. 1950) .
- 1863 - Arturo Michelena was born. Venezuelan artist.
- 1866 - Auguste Barthelemy dies (b. 1796). French satirical poet.
- 1869 - Charles Sturt dies (b. 1795). English explorer (b. 1795)
- 1871 - University Tests Act allow students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
- 1872 - Norman MacCleod dies (b. 1812).Scottish clergyman to Queen Victoria.
- 1874 - Arthur Meighen was born (d. 1960). Ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1878 - Crawford Long dies (b. 1815). Physician (b. 1815)
- 1880 - Otto Eisenschiml was born (d. 1963). Austrian-American chemist and historian.
- 1881 - Natalya Sergeyevna Goncharova, was born (d. 17 Oct 1962). Russian French Cubist painter, stage designer, printmaker, and illustrator [ Green and Yellow Forest (1912) ;Cats (1913); Stage set design for act 1 of the opera-ballet Le coq d'or (1914); Stage Design for Act I of the ballet Chota Roustaveli (1946)].
- 1881 - Sir Josiah Mason dies (b. 1795). English pen-manufacturer.
- 1885 - Wilhelm Camphausen dies (b. 1818). German painter.
- 1890 - Stan Laurel, was born (d. 1965). American actor and comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
- 1894 - William Calder Marshall dies (b. 1813). Scottish sculptor.
- 1897 - Georg Wittig was born (d. 26 Aug1987). German chemist, whose studies of organic phosphorus compounds won him a share (with Herbert C. Brown) of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1979.
- 1900 - Prince François dies (b. 1818). Duke of Joinville, third son of Louis-Philippe of France
- 1902 - Australia: Female British subjects (with the glaring exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) won the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
- 1902 - Barbara McClintock was born (d. 1992). Geneticist.
- 1902 - George Gaylord Simpson was born (d. 1984). Paleontologist.
- 1903 - Helen Traubel was born (d. 1972). American soprano.
- 1903 - Ford Motor Company incorporates.
- 1903 - Pepsi Cola company formed.
- 1903 - Roald Amundsen commences first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage by leaving Oslo, Norway.
- 1907 - Jack Albertson was born (d. 1981). Actor.
- 1909 - Archie Fairley Carr was born (d. 1987). Biologist and expert on turtles.
- 1910 - Juan Velasco, was born (d. 1977). President of Peru from 1968 to 1975
- 1910 - O Castelo de S. Jorge, em Lisboa, foi declarado monumento nacional
- 1911 - A 772 gram stony meteorite struck earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.
- 1911 - The City of Fez, Morocco, is occupied by the French army.
- 1911 - Paulo Gracindo (Pelópidas Guimarães Brandão Gracindo). was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actor.
- 1912 - Enoch Powell was born (d. 1998). British politician.
- 1912 - Duarte Leite Pereira da Silva assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal
- 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born (d. 1956). Athlete.
- 1915 - Foundation of the British Women's Institute.
- 1916 - Hank Luisetti was born (d. 2002). Baseball player.
- 1917 - Katharine Graham was born (d. 2001). Washington Post publisher.
- 1917 - Irving Penn was born. Photographer
- 1920 - José López Portillo was born (d. 2004). President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.
- 1920 - John Howard Griffin was born (d. 1980). Writer.
- 1920 - Raymond U. Lemieux was born (d. 2002). Canadian scientist.
- 1920 - Giovanni Giolitti assume (pela 5º vez) o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Itália
- 1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Féin
- 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded
- 1925 - Emmett Hardy dies (b. 1903). American musician.
- 1925 - Chittaranjan Das dies (b. 1870). Indian patriot and freedom fighter
- 1927 - Tom Graveney was born. English cricketer
- 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld was born (d. 2001). Author and playwright.
- 1929 - Bramwell Booth dies (b. 1856). 2nd General of The Salvation Army
- 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond was born. Hungharian-American cinematographer.
- 1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry dies (b. 1860). American inventor.
- 1930 - Ezra Fitch dies (b. 1866). Abercrombie & Fitch founder.
- 1934 - Roger Neilson was born (d. 2003). Canadian ice hockey coach.
- 1934 - William Forsyth Sharpe was born. American economist, Nobel laureate
- 1934 - Elvira Vinogradova was born. Russian TV persona
- 1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins was born. English actress.
- 1935 - Jim Dine was born. Artist.
- 1937 - Erich Segal was born. Author .
- 1938 - James Bolam was born. English actor.
- 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates was born. Novelist.
- 1940 - Neil Goldschmidt was born. Governor of Oregon.
- 1940 - DuBose Heyward dies. Writer
- 1941 - Lamont Dozier was born. Record company executive.
- 1942 - Giacomo Agostini was born. Italian motorcyclist.
- 1942 - Eddie Levert was born. R&B singer.
- 1943 - João Miguel Jorge was born. Portuguese poet.
- 1944 - Marc Bloch dies executed (b. 1886). French historian.
- 1945 - Ivan Lins (Ivan Guimarães Lins) was born in Rio de Janeiro. Btazilçian singer and composer: Brazilian Popular Music (MPB).
- 1947 - -minu was born. Swiss columnist and writer.
- 1947 - Proclamada a independência da Birmânia.
- 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by the Cathay Pacific airline, marks the first skyjacking of a commercial plane.
- 1949 - Paulo César Lima was born. Brazilian football player
- 1950 -Inauguração do Estádio do Maracanã, no Brasil, começado a construir em 02 Ago 1948.
- 1951 - Roberto Durán was born. Boxer.
- 1951 - Sonia Braga was born in Maringá-Pernambuco. Brazilian actress (Gabriela, D. Flor e os seus dois maridos...)
- 1952 - Michel Blanc was born. French actor.
- 1952 - George Papandreou, junior was born. Greek politician
- 1952 - Gino Vannelli was born. Vocalist, songwriter (Living Inside Myself)
- 1952 - Gale Storm (Margie Albright) and Charles Farrell (Vernon Albright) starred in My Little Margie which debuted on CBS-TV on this day.
- 1953 - Margaret Bondfield dies (b. 1873). English politician and feminist.
- 1954 - FIFA World Cup begins in Switzerland
- 1954 - Luísa Costa Gomes was born. Portuguese writer.
- 1955 - Laurie Metcalf was born. Actress.
- 1956 - Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath .
- 1957 - Jordanian embassy in Cairo is closed.
- 1958 - Imre Nagy dies (b. 1895). Former Premier of Hungary and symbol of the nation's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, is hanged for treason by his country's communist authorities.
- 1959 - George Reeves dies (b. 1914). Actor, played Superman.
- 1961 - Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris.
- 1962 - Arnold Vosloo was born in South Africa. Actor.
- 1963 - Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1963 - Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 Mission, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
- 1966 - Jan Zelezný was born. Czech athlete.
- 1966 - The Miranda rights are established. The Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation.
- 1967 - Monterey Pop Festival begins; Monterey, California.
- 1967 - John Franklin was born. Actor
- 1969 - Harold Alexander dies (b. 1891). British military commander
- 1970 - Brian Piccolo dies. American football player
- 1970 - Phil Mickelson was born. Golfer
- 1971 - Lord Reith dies (b. 1889). First Director-General of the BBC.
- 1971 - Tupac Shakur was born (d. 1996). Musician.
- 1971 - An El Greco sketch, "The Immaculate Conception," stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, was recovered in New York City by the FBI.
- 1972 - Burglars are caught breaking into the United States Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building
- 1972 - Opening of the New York Jazz Museum
- 1972 - Largest single-site hydro-electric power project starts at Churchill Falls Newfoundland
- 1973 - Em Portugal, Espinho foi elevada a cidade
- 1976 - Apartheid: A non-violent march by 15000 students in Soweto, South Africa turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd and kill 566 children.
- 1976 - Edwin Tenorio was born. Ecuatorian football player.
- 1976 - Hector Pieterson dies. One of the first children (566 in all) killed during the Soweto Uprising.
- 1976 - Em Portugal é publicado o decreto-lei que poíbe o homem de abrir a correspondência da mulher.
- 1977 - Wernher von Braun dies (b. 23 Mar 1912). German-born American engineer who played a prominent role in all aspects of rocketry and space exploration.
- 1977 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
- 1977 - Kerry Wood was born. Baseball pitcher.
- 1979 - Vernon Presley dies (b.1916). Father of Elvis Presley
- 1979 - Nicholas Ray dies (b. 1911). Film director.
- 1981 - Ken Taylor honoured for helping six Americans escape from Iran during hostage crisis
- 1981 - Jule Gregory Charney dies. Meteorologist
- 1983 - Yuri Andropov becomes president of the USSR .
- 1985 - Willie Banks broke the world record for the triple jump with a leap of 58 feet, 11-1/2 inches in the U.S.A. championships in Indianapolis, IN. Banks broke the record that had been set by Brazil’s Joao Oliveira in 1975.
- 1986 - Maurice Duruflé dies (b. 1902). French composer and organist
- 1988 - Kim Milford dies (b. 1951). Actor.
- 1988 - Marinó Sigurðsson was born. Iceland actor/director
- 1988 - Keshia Chante was born. Canadian R&B Singer.
- 1991 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russian SSR.
- 1993 - Lindsay Hassett dies (b. 1913) Australian cricketer
- 1994 - A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160.
- 1996 - David Mourão-Ferreira dies in Lisbon (b. 24 Fev 1927). Portuguese poet.
- 1996 - First round of voting in the Russian presidential election.
- 1996 - Mel Allen dies. American baseball announcer.
- 1996 - Curt Swan dies (b. 1920). American comic book artist.
- 1997 - Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; some 50 people killed.
- 1999 - Thabo Mbeki elected President of South Africa succeeding Nelson Mandela.
- 1999 - Maurice Greene sets a new 100m world record at 9.79 seconds. This is the largest drop in a 100m world record in the history of electronic timing from Donovan Bailey's 9.84.
- 1999 - David Edward Sutch dies (b. 1940). British musician.
- 2000 - Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of it issuance, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdrew from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
- 2000 - Dowager Empress Nagako of Japan dies (b. 1903). Consort of Emperor Hirohito
- 2002 - Politically Incorrect is cancelled (from sponsors dropping the show) after host Bill Maher makes controversial comments on air regarding the integrity of President George W. Bush.
- 2003 - The Hatfields and McCoys sign a formal truce
- 2003 - Enrico Baj dies. Italian avantgarde artist
- 2003 - Pierre Bourgault dies (b. 1934). French Canadian politician.
- 2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright dies (b. 1916). Finnish-Swedish philosopher.
- 2004 - Portugal vence em Lisboa a Rússia por 2-0 para o Campeonato da Europa de Futebol (Euro 2004). Para o mesmo grupo a Espanha empata com a Grécia 1-1.
- 2004 - Thanom Kittikachorn dies (b. 1912). Prime Minister of Thailand
- 2005 - Enrique Laguerre was born (d. 1906). Puerto Rican writer.
- 2006 - Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (b. 1917)
- Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint John Regis, patron of medical social workers
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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