- 0846 - Louis the Stammerer was born (d. 0879). King of West Francia.
- 0921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy dies.
- 0955 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria dies.
- 0996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
- 1296 - Guillaume Durand dies. French writer.
- 1339 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria was born (d. 1365).
- 1348 - The anti-royalist Union of Valencia attacks the Jews of Murviedro because they are serfs of the King of Valencia and thus "royalists".
- 1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria was born (d. 1386).
- 1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy dies (b. 1360).
- 1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany dies (b. 1339).
- 1431 - Nuno Álvares Pereira dies (b. 1360). Portuguese general.
- 1456 - Edmundo Tudor, Conde de Richmond dies (b. 1430). Father of Henrique VII of England
- 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini was born (d. 1571). Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and writer.
- 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
- 1520 - The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.
- 1526 - Catherine Jagellonica of Poland was born (d. 1583). Queen of Sweden and duchess of Finland.
- 1530 - An approximated 400,000 die after the Netherlands' dikes fail.
- 1530 - Étienne de La Boétie was born (d. 1563). French judge and writer.
- 1539 - Pierre Pithou was born (d. 1596). French lawyer and scholar.
- 1546 - Giulio Romano dies. Italian painter.
- 1549 - Anna of Austria was born (d. 1580). Fourth wife of Philip II of Spain.
- 1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar was born (d. 1626). Spanish diplomat.
- 1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky was born (d. 1642). Russian prince.
- 1585 - Jan Brożek was born (d. 1652). Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer.
- 1588 - Jean Daurat dies (b. 1508). French poet.
- 1592 - At the Battle of Busan, the outnumbered Korean navy defeats a larger Japanese army.
- 1596 - Pierre Pithou dies (b. 1539). French lawyer and scholar.
- 1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer was born (d. 1658). German poet.
- 1611 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie was born (d. 1656). Italian-born French commander.
- 1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
- 1612 - (22 October O.S.) Time of Troubles in Russia: Moscow, Kitai-gorod, is captured by Russian troops under command of Dmitry Pozharsky
- 1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was born (d. 1711). French poet and critic.
- 1642 - Jean Nicolet dies (b. 1598). French explorer.
- 1643 - John Strype was born (d. 1737). English historian and biographer.
- 1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt was born (d. 1725). French dramatist and actor.
- 1676 - Gisbertus Voetius dies (b. 1589). Dutch theologian.
- 1678 - William Coddington dies (b. 1601). First Governor of Rhode Island.
- 1700 - Charles II of Spain dies (b. 1661).
- 1704 - Paul Daniel Longolius was born (d. 1779). German encylopedist.
- 1720 - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was born (d. 1791). French admiral.
- 1727 - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was born (d. 1797).Founder of the Moscow University.
- 1755 - Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between sixty and ninety thousand people.
- 1762 - Spencer Perceval was born (d. 1812). Prime Minister of Great Britain
- 1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
- 1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden was born (d. 1837).
- 1782 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1859)
1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887) - 1790 - Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in disaster.
- 1800 - US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
- 1802 - Delegates meet at Chillicothe, Ohio to form a state constitutional convention.
- 1808 - John Taylor was born (d. 1887). American religious leader.
- 1814 - Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1814 - Alexander Samoylov dies (b. 1744). Russian general and statesman.
- 1814 - Manuel Ignácio da Slva Alvarenga dies in Rio de Janeiro (b. 1749 in Vila Rica, Minas Gerais), Brazilian writer.
- 1837 - Couto Magalhães was born (d. 1898). Brazilian militar, politician and writer.
- 1847 - Emma Albani was born (d. 1930). Canadian soprano.
- 1848 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which will later merge with Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
- 1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles (30 kilometers).
- 1860 - Boies Penrose was born (d. 1921). United States Senator from Pennsylvania
- 1861 - American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George McClellan as commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott.
- 1870 - In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
- 1871 - Stephen Crane was born (d. 1900). American writer.
- 1876 - New Zealand's provincial government system is dissolved.
- 1877 - Roger Quilter was born (d. 1953). British composer.
- 1878 - Konrad Mägi was born (d. 1925). Estonian painter.
- 1878 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas was born (d. 1959). Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1880 - Alfred Wegener was born (d. 1930). German meteorologist and geophysicist.
- 1880 - Grantland Rice was born (d. 1954). American sports writer.
- 1880 - Sholom Asch was born (d. 1957). Polish-born American writer.
- 1881 - Edward Van Sloan was born (d. 1964). American actor.
- 1886 - Hermann Broch was born (d. 1952). Austrian author.
- 1887 - L. S. Lowry was born (d. 1976). British painter of industrial scenes.
- 1888 - Nikolai Przhevalsky dies (b. 1838). Russian explorer.
- 1889 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker was born (d. 1982). Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1892 - Alexander Alekhine was born (d. 1946). Russian-born chess player.
- 1894 - Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
- 1894 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia dies (b. 1845).
- 1896 - A picture showing the naked breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- 1897 - Juventus F. C us founded.
- 1898 - Arthur Legat was born (d. 1960). Belgian racing driver.
- 1901 - Sigma Phi Epsilon, a national men's collegiate fraternity is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, VA.
- 1902 - Eugen Jochum was born (d. 1987). German conductor.
- 1903 - Edward "Carji" Greeves was born (d. 1963). Australian rules footballer.
- 1903 - Max Adrian was born (d. 1973). Irish actor.
- 1903 - Theodor Mommsen dies (b. 1817). German writer, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1905 - Paul-Émile Borduas was born (d. 1960). Québécois painter.
- 1906 - Johnny Indrisano was born (d. 1968). American boxer and actor.
- 1907 - Alfred Jarry dies (b. 1873). French writer.
- 1911 - The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 1911 - Henri Troyat was born (d. 2007). French author and historian
- 1914 - World War I: the first British naval defeat of the war, the Battle of Coronel is fought off of the coast of Chile.
- 1914 - Moshe Teitelbaum was born (d. 2006). Hassidic rabbi.
- 1915 - Parris Island is officially designated a Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
- 1916 - Paul Miliukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the Boris Stürmer government.
- 1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 93 dead.
- 1920 - American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
- 1920 - James Kilpatrick was born. American journalist.
- 1920 - Ted Lowe was born. English former snooker commentator.
- 1920 - Francisca Júlia da Silva Münster dies in São Paulo (b. 31 Aug 1871). Brazilian poet and teacher.
- 1921 - John W. Peterson was born (d. 2006). American songwriter.
- 1922 - The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
- 1922 - Lima Barreto dies (b. 1881). Brazilian writer.
- 1923 - Gordon R. Dickson was born (d. 2001). Canadian author.
- 1923 - Victoria de los Angeles was born (d. 2005). Catalan soprano.
- 1924 - Jean-Luc Pépin was born (d. 1995). French Canadian politician.
- 1924 - Süleyman Demirel wa born. 9th President of Turkey.
- 1926 - Lou Donaldson was born. American jazz alto saxophonist.
- 1928 - The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replacing the version of the Arabic alphabet previously used, comes into force in Turkey.
- 1929 - Betsy Palmer was born. American actress.
- 1929 - Nicholas Mavroules was born (d. 2003). U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts.
- 1930 - A.R. Gurney was born. Amwerican playwright.
- 1932 - Al Arbour, National Hockey League player and coach.
- 1932 - John Clark was born. English-born actor/director.
- 1934 - Gillian Knight was born. English mezzo-soprano.
- 1934 - Umberto Agnelli was born (d. 2004). Swiss-born automobile executive.
- 1934 - William Mathias was born (d. 1992). British composer.
- 1935 - Edward Said was born (d. 2006). Palestinian-born literary critic.
- 1935 - Gary Player was born. South African golfer.
- 1936 - Eddie Colman was born (d. 1958). English footballer.
- 1937 - Stalinists executed by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community (including three women).
- 1937 - Milton José Pinto was born. Brazilian personality of communication.
- 1937 - Bill Anderson was born. American country music singer and songwriter.
- 1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
- 1939 - The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is shown to the world.
- 1939 - Barbara Bosson was born. American actress.
- 1939 - Bernard Kouchner was born. French physician ansd politician.
- 1940 - Barry Sadler was born (d. 1989). American singer.
- 1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti was born. Chief Justice of India.
- 1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
- 1941 - Alfio Basile was born. Argentine football coach.
- 1942 - Larry Flynt was born. American magazine publisher.
- 1942 - Marcia Wallace was born. American actress.
- 1942 - Ralph Klein was born. Premier of Alberta.
- 1942 - Hugo Distler dies (b. 1908). German composer.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands.
- 1943 - World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
- 1943 - World War II: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul.
- 1943 - John McEnery was born. English actor.
- 1943 - Salvatore Adamo was born. Belgian singer.
- 1944 - Bobby Heenan was born. American professional wrestling manager and commentator
- 1944 - Oscar Temaru was born. President of French Polynesia
1945 - The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro. - 1945 - Gilberto Braga was born. Brazilian playwriter.
- 1945 - Australia joins the United Nations.
- 1946 - The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68-66.
- 1946 - Dennis Muren was born. American special effects artist .
- 1946 - Lynne Russell, ex-CNN news anchor
1946 - Ric Grech was born (d. 1990). English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) - 1947 - Jim Steinman was born. American songwriter.
1947 - Mike Mendoza was born. British radio personality. - 1947 - Man o' War was born (d. 1917). American thoroughbred racehorse.
- 1948 - James Richard Steinman was born. American songwriter.
- 1948 - Phil Myre was born. National Hockey League goaltender.
- 1949 - Michael D. Griffin was born. NASA chief administrator.
- 1950 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
- 1950 - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
- 1950 - Dan Peek, American guitarist (America).
1950 - Robert B. Laughlin was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. - 1951 - American soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada. Participation was not voluntary.
- 1951 - Fabrice Luchini was born. French actor.
1951 - Ronald Bell was born. American singer and saxophonist (Kool & the Gang). - 1952 - Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll located in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1952 - Januário Cicco dies. Brazilian physician.
- 1953 - Jan Davis was born. American astronaut.
- 1954 - The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 1955 - The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs.
- 1955 - The Famous Flames, a band featuring James Brown, records "Please, Please, Please" at a radio station in Macon, Georgia.
- 1955 - A United Airlines DC-6B explodes in mid-air and crashes near Longmont, Colorado, killing 44 people.
- 1955 - Beth Leavel was born. American musical theatre actress.
- 1955 - Mike Mendoza was born. British radio personality.
- 1955 - Dale Carnegie dies (b. 1888). American writer.
- 1956 - Formation of Indian State of Andhra Pradesh with its capital as Hyderabad, formerly known as Nizam State.
- 1956 - Formation of the Indian state of Karnataka (1973), formerly known as Mysore State.
- 1956 - Paulo Gonzo was born. Portuguese singer and songwriter.
- 1957 - The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
- 1957 - Carlos Paião was born (d. 1988). Portuguese singer and songwriter
- 1957 - Lyle Lovett was born. American singer.
- 1958 - Charlie Kaufman was born. American screenwriter.
- 1958 - Jim Steinmeyer was born. Illusion creator.
- 1958 - Rachel Ticotin was born. American actress.
- 1960 - While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
- 1960 - Fernando Valenzuela was born. Major League Baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1961 - Calvin Johnson was born. American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System).
- 1961 - Louise Boije af Gennäs was born. Swedish writer and novelist.
- 1962 - Anthony Kiedis was born. American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers).
- 1962 - Ricardo Rodríguez dies (b. 1942). Mexican racing driver.
- 1963 - The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
- 1963 - Golpe Militar no Vietnam(e) do Sul derruba Ngo Dihn Diem, que é morto no dia seguinte.
- 1963 - Dana Plato ws born (d. 1999). American actress.
- 1963 - Kenny Alphin was born. American guitarist (Big & Rich).
- 1963 - Mark Hughes was born. Welsh footballer.
- 1963 - Monty Sopp was born. American professional wrestler.
- 1963 - Rick Allen was born. British drummer (Def Leppard).
- 1964 - Daran Norris was born. American actor.
- 1966 - Barbara Becker was born. German actress; ex-wife of Boris Becker.
- 1966 - Mary Hansen was born (d. 2002). Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab).
- 1966 - Willie D was born. American hip hop artist, famous for being a member of The Geto Boys.
- 1967 - Carla van de Puttelaar was born. Dutch photographer.
- 1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins was born. American musician.
- 1967 - Tina Arena was born. Australian singer.
- 1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
- 1968 - Park Shin-yang was born. South Korean actor.
- 1968 - George Papandreou dies (b. 1888). Greek politician.
- 1969 - After seven years off the top of the charts, Elvis Presley hits No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts with his song "Suspicious Minds."
- 1969 - Tie Domi was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1970 - A fire at a dance hall in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 144 young people.
- 1971 - Vikram Chatwal was born. Indian Hotelier.
- 1972 - Jenny McCarthy was born. American "Playmate of the Year" and TV actress.
- 1972 - Toni Collette was born. Australian actress.
- 1972 - Ezra Pound dies (b. 1885). American poet.
- 1973 - Watergate Scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- 1973 - Aishwarya Rai was born. Indian actress.
- 1973 - Assia was born. Algerian singer.
- 1973 - Geoff Horsfield was born. English footballer.
- 1974 - V. V. S. Laxman was born. Indian cricketer.
- 1975 - Bo Bice was born. American singer.
- 1975 - Scott "Skippy" Chapman was born. American musician.
- 1976 - Logan Marshall-Green was born. American actor.
- 1976 - Matt Chapman was born. American cartoonist and voice actor.
- 1976 - Logan Marshall-Green was born. American actor.
- 1978 - Mary Kate Schellhardt was born. American actress.
- 1978 - Manju Warriar was born. Indian actress.
- 1979 - Coco Crisp was born. American baseball player.
- 1979 - Delgado was born. Angolan footballer.
- 1979 - Henry Shefflin was born. Irish hurler.
- 1979 - Milan Dudić was born. Serbian footballer.
- 1979 - Henry Shefflin was born. Irish hurler.
- 1979 - Mamie Eisenhower dies (b. 1896). First Lady of the United States
- 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1982 - Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
- 1982 - Michael Copon was born. American actor.
- 1982 - James Broderick dies (b. 1927). American actor.
- 1982 - King Vidor dies (b. 1894). American film director.
- 1983 - Jon Wilkin was born. English rugby league footballer.
- 1983 - Josh Wicks was born. American soccer player.
- 1983 - Yuko Ogura was born. Japanese model.
- 1983 - Anthony van Hoboken dies (b. 1887). Dutch musicologist.
- 1984 - Natalia Tena was born. English actress.
- 1985 - Phil Silvers dies (b. 1911). American actor and comedian.
- 1986 - Serge Garant dies (b. 1929). French Canadian composer and conductor.
- 1986 - Penn Badgley was born. American actor.
- 1987 - René Lévesque dies (b. 1922). Premier of Quebec.
- 1988 - Ross Montague was born. English football Player.
- 1990 - A New York City civil jury awards Sandra Miller $100 for battery after an incident in which Mike Tyson grabbed her breasts and insulted her; the jury found Tyson's behavior "not outrageous".
- 1991 - Three faculty, and one staff member of the department of physics and astronomy, were killed, along with one administrator, when physics graduate student Gang Lu went on a shooting rampage at the University of Iowa.
- 1993 - The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
- 1993 - A. N. Sherwin-White dies (b. 1911). English historian.
- 1993 - Severo Ochoa dies (b. 1905). Spanish–born biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1994 - George Lucas leaves the day-to-day operations of his filmmaking business and starts a sabbatical. While on sabbatical, he writes the prequel section of the Star Wars movies.
- 1994 - Noah Beery, Jr. dies (b. 1913). American actor.
- 1997 - Alex Wolff was born. American musician and actor.
- 1998 - The European Court of Human Rights is instituted.
- 1999 - Jean Coutu dies (b. 1925). Canadian actor.
- 1999 - Theodore Alvin Hall dies (b. 1925). Atomic spy.
- 1999 - Walter Payton dies (b. 1954). American football player.
- 2000 - Sérvia e Montenegro é admitida como Estado-Membro da ONU.
- 2000 - Bernard Erhard dies (b. 1934). American voice actor.
- 2004 - The Bank of Japan issues a new series of 1000, 5000, and 10,000 yen notes. Both old and the new series will circulate together.
- 2004 - Mac Dre dies (b. 1970). American rap artist.
- 2004 - Terry Knight dies murdered (b. 1943). American music promoter (Grand Funk Railroad)
- 2005 - First part of the Gomery Report, which discusses allegations of political money manipulation, is released in Canada.
- 2005 - The U.S. Senate enters a rare closed session to discuss the Plame affair and intelligence in the Iraq disarmament crisis.
- 2005 - Michael Piller dies (b. 1948). American screenwriter.
- 2005 - Skitch Henderson dies (b. 1918). English-born bandleader.
- 2006 - William Styron dies (b. 1925). American author.
- 2006 - Adrienne Shelly dies (b. 1966). American actress.
- 2006 - William Styron dies (b. 1925). American author.
2007 - Paul Tibbets dies (b. 1915). US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima. - United States - Start of National Novel Writing Month
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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