- 490 BC - Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon.
- 352 CE - Maximinus van Trier dies. Bishop of Trier, saint.
- 0413 - Marcellinus of Carthage dies. Christian saint.
- 0530 - Papa Félix IV dies in battle (b. 0526).
- 1185 - Andronicus I Comnenus dies tortured by the City mob.
- 1213 - King Peter II of Aragon dies (b. 1174).
- 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester defeats Peter II of Aragon, the king of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
- 1229 - An Aragonese-Catalan army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Mallorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
- 1297 - The borders within Portugal and Spain are defined by Alcanizes Treaty / O Tratado de Alcanices define a fronteira entre Portugal e Castela.
- 1362 - Pope Innocent VI dies (b. 1282).
- 1369 - Blanche of Lancaster dies (b. 1345). Wife of John of Gaunt.
- 1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici was born (d. 1519). Duke of Urbino.
- 1494 - King François I of Valois-Angoulome was born († 1547). King of France.
- 1500 - Albert, Duke of Saxony dies (b. 1443).
- 1502 - Cristóbal Colón llega a las costas de la actual Nicaragua.
- 1575 - Henry Hudson was born. English explorer.
- 1605 - William Dugdale was born (d. 1686). English antiquarian.
- 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
- 1612 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia dies (b. 1552).
- 1642 - Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars dies (b. 1620). French conspirator.
- 1660 - Jacob Cats dies (b. 1577). Dutch poet, jurist, and politician.
- 1665 - Jean Bolland dies (b. 1596). Flemish Jesuit writer.
- 1672 - Tanneguy Lefebvre dies (b. 1615). French classical scholar.
- 1683 - Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna - Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
- 1683 - King Afonso VI of Portugal dies (b. 1643).
- 1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff was born (d. 1731). Czech sculptor.
- 1690 - Peter Dens was born (d. 1775). Belgian Catholic theologian.
- 1691 - John George III, Elector of Saxony dies (b. 1647).
- 1695 - Jacob Abendana dies (b. 1630). Scholar.
- 1712 - Jan van der Heyden dies (b. 1637). Dutch painter.
- 1725 - Guillaume Le Gentil was born (d. 1792). French astronomer.
- 1733 - François Couperin dies (b. 1668). French composer.
- 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung was born (d. 1817). German author.
- 1764 - Jean-Philippe Rameau dies (b. 1683). French composer.
- 1779 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple dies (b. 1711). English politician.
- 1789 - Franz Xaver Richter was born. German composer.
- 1806 - Christian Gotfried Thomas was born. German composer.
- 1812 - Richard Hoe was born (d. 1886). American inventor and industrialist.
- 1814 - Battle of North Point: An American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
- 1818 - Richard Gatling was born (d. 1903). American weapons inventor.
- 1819 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher dies (b. 1742). Prussian general.
- 1829 - Charles Dudley Warner was born (d. 20 Oct 1900). American writer.
- 1831 - Álvares de Azevedo was born († 1852). Brazilian writer.
- 1836 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe dies (b. 1801). German writer.
- 1838 - Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers was born. German astronomer.
- 1839 -Aristide Lôbo was born. Brazilian journalist and politician.
- 1846 - Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Chapultepec begins. U.S. Army deserters in the Saint Patrick's Battalion who fought alongside the Mexican army are hanged en masse for treason by the order of General Winfield Scott.
- 1848 - Switzerland became a Federal state.
- 1852 - H. H. Asquith was born (d. 1928). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1855 - Simon-Napoléon Parent was born (d. 1920). French Canadian politician.
- 1857 - The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship carried 13-15 tons of gold from the San Francisco Gold Rush.
- 1858 - Fernand Khnopff was born. Belgian sculptor and painter.
- 1869 - Peter Roget dies (b. 1779). British lexicographer.
- 1870 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow dies (b. 1836). American author.
- 1871 - Júlio Dinis (Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho) dies (b. 1839). Portuguese writer.
- 1874 - François Guizot dies (b. 1787). French historian and statesman.
- 1875 - Matsunosuke Onoe was born (d. 1926). Japanese actor.
- 1876 - Auta de Souza was born (d. 1901). Brazilian poet.
- 1880 - H. L. Mencken was born (d. 1956). American journalist and author.
- 1888 - Maurice Chevalier was born (d. 1972). French singer and actor.
- 1891 - Don Pedro Albizu Campos was born (d. 1965). Advocate for Puerto Rican independence.
- 1892 - Alfred A. Knopf was born (d. 1984). American publisher.
- 1894 - Vicente Celestino was born († 1968). Brazilian singer.
- 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie was born (d. 1956). French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1898 - Salvador Bacarisse was born (d. 1963). Spanish composer.
- 1900 - Haskell Curry was born. American mathematicien.
- 1901 - Ben Blue was born (d. 1975). Canadian actor and comedian.
- 1902 - Margaret Hamilton was born (d. 1985). American actress.
- 1902 - Juscelino Kubitschek was born († 1976). Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil (1956-1961).
- 1906 - Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. Composer.
- 1907 - Louis MacNeice was born (d. 1963). Northern Irish poet.
- 1909 - Donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. was born (d. 1986). Former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician.
- 1910 - Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's 8th symphony in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers, with an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
- 1913 - Jesse Owens was born (d. 1980). American athlete. He was a four-gold medal winner at the 1936 Olympic games at Berlin.
- 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn was born (d. 1999). Welsh actor.
- 1914 - Rais Amrohvi was born (d. 1988). Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst.
- 1915 - Frank McGee was born (d. 1974). American journalist.
- 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen was born (d. 1961). American race car driver.
- 1917 - Han Suyinwas born. Chinese writer.
- 1917 - Pierre Sévigny was born (d. 2004). French Canadian politician.
- 1919 – Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers Party.
- 1919 - Leonid Andreyev dies (b. 1871). Russian writer.
- 1920 - 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium.
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem was born (d. 2006). Polish writer.
- 1922 - Ellen Demming was born. American actress.
- 1923 - Jules Violle dies (b. 1841). French physicist and inventor.
- 1924 - Amílcar Cabral was born († 1973). One of the founders of PAIGC.
- 1925 - 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0).
- 1925 - Stan Lopata was born. American baseball player
- 1927 - Sarah Frances Whiting dies (b. 1847). American physicist and astronomer.
- 1928 - Actress Katharine Hepburn (b.1907) made her stage debut in "The Czarina."
- 1929 - Rainis dies (b. 1865). Latvian poet and playwright.
- 1930 - Wilfred Rhodes end his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.
- 1931 - Sir Ian Holm was born. English actor.
- 1931 - George Jones was born. American singer.
- 1931 - Silvia Pinal was born. Mexican actress.
- 1931 - 51st U.S. Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott, Jr. (7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5)
- 1933 - Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
- 1933 - Tatiana Doronina was born. Russian actress.
- 1934 - Glenn Davis was born. American athlete.
- 1935 - Geraldo Vandré was born. Brazilian musician.
- 1935 - 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (6-2, 6-2, 6-3)
- 1936 - 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (4-6 6-3 6-2)
- 1936 - 56th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8)
- 1937 - George Chuvalo was born. Canadian boxer.
- 1938 - Claude Ruel was born. French Canadian ice hockey coach.
- 1940 - The Hercules Munitions Plant in Kenvil, New Jersey explodes, killing 55 people.
- 1940 - Mickey Lolich was born. American baseball player.
- 1940 - Linda Gray was born. American actress (Sue Ellen Ewing - Dallas).
- 1941 - Hans Spemann dies (b. 1869). German physician. 1935 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate.
- 1942 - World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks.
- 1942 - World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.
- 1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
- 1943 - Maria Muldaur was born. American singer.
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje was born. Sri Lankan-born writer.
- 1944 - World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany and the Chetniks continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities.
- 1944 - Leonard Peltier was born. Native American activist.
- 1944 - Leci Brandão was born. Brazilian sambist.
- 1944 - Barry White was born ( † 2003). American singer.
- 1944 - The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany and the Ustaša continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities.
- 1945 - Hajime Sugiyama dies (committed suicide) (b. 1880). Japanese general
- 1947 - The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath
- 1948 - Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah's death to limit damage control. It lead to genocide of nearly 40,000 Hyderabadi Muslims by the Indian Army and Hindu mobs.
- 1949 - Irina Rodnina was born. Russian figure skater.
- 1950 - Gustav Brunner was born. Austrian engineer.
- 1951 - Gerald Stano was born. American serial killer.
- 1951 - Joe Pantoliano was born. American actor.
- 1951 - Bertie Ahern was born. Irish politician.
- 1952 – Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
- 1952 - Gerry Beckley was born. American musician (America).
- 1952 - Neil Peart was born. Canadian musician and author (Rush).
- 1953 - Tânia Alves was born. Brazilian actress.
- 1953 - Hugo Schmeisser dies (b. 1884). German weapons designer.
- 1954 - Peter Scolari was born. American actor.
- 1954 - Adrian Adonis was born (d. 1988). American professional wrestler.
- 1955 - Harsha Makalande was born. Sri Lankan composer and pianist.
- 1956 - Sam Brownback was born. American politician.
- 1956 - Leslie Cheung was born (d. 2003). Hong Kong singer.
- 1956 - Ricky Rudd was born. American race car driver.
- 1956 - Barry Andrews was born. British musician.
- 1956 - Hans Carossa dies (b. 1878). German writer.
- 1956 - Sándor Graf Festetics dies (b. 1882). Hungarian politician.
- 1957 - Rachel Ward was born. English actress.
- 1957 - Hans Zimmer was born. German composer.
- 1957 - Road Warrior Hawk was born (d. 2003). Wrestler.
- 1957 - NORAD began operations.
- 1957 - José Lins do Rego dies (b. 1901). Brazilian writer.
- 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.
- 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez was born. American boxer
- 1959 – Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program presented in color.
- 1959 – The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
- 1961 - Mylène Farmer was born. French singer and songwriter.
- 1961 - Kathem Al Saher was born. Iraqi singer
- 1961 - Carl Hermann dies (b. 1898). German physicist.
- 1962 - President John F. Kennedy declares the USA will get a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
- 1962 - Amy Yasbeck was born. American actress.
- 1962 - Dino Merlin was born. Bosnian singer.
- 1962 - Paulo Portas was born. Portuguese journalist and politician.
- 1964 - Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
- 1964 - Álvaro Moreira dies. Brazilian writer.
- 1964 - Dieter Hecking was born. German footballer.
- 1965 - 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (8-6, 7-5).
- 1965 - 85th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1)
- 1965 - John Norwood Fisher was born. American musician
- 1966 – Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
- 1966 - Ben Folds was born. American musician.
- 1966 - Malu Mader was born. Brazilian actress.
- 1967 - Louis C. K. was born. American comic.
- 1967 - Pat Listach was born. Baseball player.
- 1968 - Tommy Armour dies (b. 1894). Scottish golfer.
- 1968 - Ler LaLonde was born. American Guitarist (Primus).
- 1968 - John Stutz was born. American photographer.
- 1968 - Paul F. Tompkins was born. American comedian.
- 1968 - Albania abandona el Pacto de Varsovia.
- 1968 - Tommy Armour dies (b. 1894). Scottish golfer.
- 1969 - Ángel Cabrera was born. Argentine golfer.
- 1969 - James Frey was born. American writer.
- 1971 - 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (6-4, 7-6)
- 1971 - 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6)
- 1972 - Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the "cod war"
- 1972 - Portugal : Costa Gomes é chamado para exercer o cargo de chefe do Estado-Maior das Forças Armadas, em substituição do general Venâncio Deslandes.
- 1972 - Cady Cantrell was born. Playmate, Apr. 1992.
- 1972 - Jason Statham was born. English actor
- 1972 - William Boyd dies (b. 1895). American actor.
- 1973 - Paul Walker was born. American actor.
- 1973 - Darren Campbell was born. British athlete.
- 1973 - Martin Lapointe was born. National Hockey League player.
- 1973 - Ki-Jana Carter was born. American football player.
- 1974 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg.
- 1974 - Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
- 1974 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement , is deposed following a military coup by the Derg.
- 1974 - Nuno Valente was born. Portuguese footballer.
- 1974 - Caroline Aigle was born (d. 2007). First female French fighter pilot.
- 1974 - Jennifer Nettles was born. American country singer, part of Sugarland.
- 1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane) was born. American rapper.
- 1976 - Maciej Żurawski was born. Polish footballer.
- 1977 - Steve Biko dies (b. 1946). South African anti-apartheid activist.
- 1977 - Nathan Bracken was born. Australian cricketer.
- 1977 - David Thomspon was born. English footballer.
- 1977 - James McCartney was born. British musician.
- 1977 - Grant Denyer was born. Australian television personality and TV Host.
- 1977 - Jeff Irwin was born. American musician.
- 1977 - Robert Lowell dies (b. 01 Mar 1917). American writer.
- 1977 - Steve Biko dies (b. 1946). South African anti-apartheid activist.
- 1978 - Madeira Islands (Portugal) flag is aproved.
- 1978 - Ruben Studdard was born. American singer.
- 1978 - Benjamin McKenzie was born. American actor.
- 1980 - Fernando Cesar de Souza was born. Brazilian footballer.
- 1980 - Gus G. was born. Greek guitarist (Firewind, ex-Dream Evil).
- 1980 - Josef Vasicek was born. Czech ice hockey player.
- 1980 - Sean Burroughs was born. Baseball player.
- 1980 - Yao Ming was born. Chinese basketball player.
- 1980 - Kenan Evren substitui Ihsan Sabri Çaglayangil na presidência da Turquia.
- 1981 - Eugenio Montale dies (b. 1896). Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1981 - 95th U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (1-6, 7-6, 7-6).
- 1981 - Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982.
- 1981 - Jennifer Hudson was born. American actress and singer.
- 1982 - 102nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4).
- 1982 - Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon in Stockholm.
- 1982 - Nana Ozaki was born. Japanese model.
- 1982 – Zoran Planinic was born. Croatian basketball player.
- 1983 - A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut was robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
- 1983 – The USSR vetoes a UN Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet shooting down of a Korean civilian jetliner on September 1.
- 1983 - Carly Smithson was born. Irish singer and finalist on American Idol (season 7).
- 1983 - Daniel Muir was borm. American National Football League player.
- 1984 - Ethiopia forms socialist republic.
- 1985 - Jack Wilkinson was born. English footballer.
- 1985 - William Alwyn dies (b. 1905). English composer.
- 1985 - Laura Vernizzi was born. Italian gymnast.
- 1986 - Emmy Rossum was born. American actress and singer.
- 1986 - Yang Mi was born. Chinese actress.
- 1987 - 101st U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (7-6, 6-1).
- 1987 - Ethiopia adopts constitution.
- 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
- 1988 - Aaron Sidwell was born. English actor.
- 1990 - The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German re-unification.
- 1991 - Mario Soares Foundation is established in Portugal/ Em Portugal é constituida a Fundação Mário Soares
- 1991 - Chris Von Erich dies (b. 1969). Professional wrestler.
- 1992 - 106th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (6-3, 6-3).
- 1992 - Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min)
- 1992 - NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board is Mae Carol Jemison who becomes the first African-American woman in space.
- 1992 - Mae Carol Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space.
- 1992 - Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, was captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
- 1992 - Perú: Abimael Guzmán, founder and leader of Sendero Luminoso, is captured in Lima
- 1992 - Anthony Perkins dies (b. 1932). American actor (Psycho).
- 1993 - NASA launches, on the 4th launch attempt, Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51 which marked the 57th Space Shuttle mission. During this spectacular mission the ACTS was inserted into orbit as well as (temporarily) SPAS. Practice was also gained for the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission through EVA. This mission ended with the 6th night landing of the Shuttle, at The Kennedy Space Centre.
- 1993 - 113rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (6-4, 6-4, 6-3).
- 1993 - Raymond Burr dies (b. 1917). Canadian actor (Perry Mason).
- 1993 - Willie Mosconi dies (b. 1913). American billiards player.
- 1994 - Frank Eugene Corder crashes a Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing and killing himself.
- 1994 - Tom Ewell dies (b. 1909). American actor.
- 1994 - Boris Yegorov dies (b. 1937). Russian cosmonaut.
- 1994 - The Netscape web browser is released.
- 1995 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's All Star Team beats the Harlem Globetrotters 91-85, ending the Globetrotters' 24-year, 8,829-game winning streak.
- 1995 - Jeremy Brett dies at 59. English actor (Sherlock Holmes).
- 1996 - Eleazar de Carvalho dies (b. 1915). Brazilian conductor and composer.
- 1996 - Ernesto Geisel dies (b. 1908). President of Brazil (1974-79).
- 1998 - In Albania Democratic Party leader Azem Hajdari (35) was assassinated.
- 1999 – Indonesia announces it will allow international peace-keepers into East Timor.
- 1999 - Andre Agassi captured his second US Open title, dominating Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2.
- 2000 - Stanley Turrentine dies (b. 1934). American jazz saxophonist.
- 2001 - Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for only the second time (the other being in Bosnia) in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America.
- 2001 - Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry leaving 10000 people unemployed.
- 2001 - Victor Wong dies (b. 1927). Chinese-American actor.
- 2002 - Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello is named United Nations High Comissionary for The Human Rights.
- 2002 - Peru ratifies Kyoto Protocol.
- 2003 - During the Ontario general election, 2003, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party issued a press release that called the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party an "Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet".
- 2003 - The United Nations lifted sanctions against Libya after Libya agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
- 2003 – In Fallujah, US forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
- 2003 - Johnny Cash dies (b. 1932). American singer and guitarist.
- 2004 - Roger Federer wins US Open defeating Lleyton Hewitt.
- 2005 - Hong Kong Disneyland is scheduled to open to the public in Hong Kong. The park will be the fifth Disneyland in the world.
- 2005 - Norwegian parliamentary election.
- 2005 - The red-green coalition, led by Jens Stoltenberg, wins the Norwegian parliamentary election, taking 87 of 169 seats in the parliament.
- 2005 - Israel completes its withdrawal of all troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
- 2005 - A blackout in Los Angeles affects millions of Californians.
- 2006 - Nuclear War begins according to Yisrayl Hawkins (it didn't begin ...fortunately...lol)
- 2006 - Sporting beats Inter 1-0 for the first Matchday of Champions League. - Shinzo Abe announced he resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 2007 - Shinzo Abe announced he resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 2007 - Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was convicted for the crime of plunder.
- 2008 – The 2008 Chatsworth train collision between a Metrolink commuter train and a Pacific Union Freight Train kills 25 people.
- 2008 – Bob Quinn dies (b. 1915). Australian rules footballer.
- 2008 – David Foster Wallace dies (b. 1962). American author and essayist.
- 2009 – Jack Kramer dies (b. 1921). American tennis player.
- 2009 – Norman Borlaug dies (b. 1914). American agronomist.
- 2009 – Willy Ronis dies (b. 1910). French photographer.
- National Day in Cape Verde.
- Mexico - Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion.
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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