On this day in History - Sep. 27

• 0489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona, and is defeated again.
• 0823 – Ermentrude of Orléans was born (d. 0869). Consort of Charles the Bald.
• 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.
• 1331 - The Battle of Plowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order took place.
• 1389 - Cosimo de Medici was born (d. 1464). Ruler of Florence, Italian Patron of the Arts.
• 1404 - William of Wykeham dies (b. 1320). English bishop.
• 1422 - After the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  
• 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.
• 1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
• 1540 - The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
• 1544 – Takenaka Shigeharu was born (d. 1579). Japanese samurai.
• 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.
• 1669 – The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia.
• 1696 - St. Alphonsus Liguori was born (d. 1787). Italian founder of the Redemptionist order.
• 1700 - Pope Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli] dies. Pope (1691-1700).
• 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was born (d. 1800). German mathematician.
• 1719 - George Smalridge dies (b. 1662). English Bishop of Bristol.
• 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.
• 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph was born (d. 1836). Daughter of Thomas Jefferson.
• 1777 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
• 1779 - John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
• 1780 - Bula de fusão entre as dioceses de Bragança e Miranda (Portugal).
• 1783 - Agustin I de Iturbide was born. Emperor of Mexico (1822-23).
• 1783 - Étienne Bézout dies (b. 1730). French mathematician.
• 1787 - The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
• 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 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
• 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 SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1861 - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson was born (d. 1933). Sister of US President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 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.
• 1864 - Andrej Hlinka was born (d. 1938). Slovak politician and Catholic Priest.
• 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.
• 1886 - Mormon prophet John Taylor receives a controversial revelation on plural marriage that now divides factions of Mormonism.
• 1891 - Ivan Goncharov dies (b. 1812). Russian author.
• 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen was born (d. 1922). German pilot.
• 1894 - Olive Tell was born (d. 1951). American actress.
• 1895 - Woolf Barnato was born (d. 1948). British racing driver.
• 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.
• 1902 - Fundação do Club Atlético Tucumán - Argentina.
• 1903 - Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name.
• 1904 – Edvard Kocbek was born (d. 1981). Slovenian poet, author and politician.
• 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, introducing the equation E=mc².
• 1906 - Jim Thompson was born (d. 1977). American author.
• 1906 - William Empson was born (d. 1984). British poet and critic.
• 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.
• 1908 - The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1911 - John Harvey was born (d. 1982). English stage and film actor.
• 1911 – Marcey Jacobson was born (d. 2009). American photographer.
• 1911 - Auguste Michel-Lévy dies (b. 1844). French geologist.
• 1912 - Alberto Sanches de Castro torna-se o 1º português a voar em território nacional (Portugal).
• 1913 - Albert Ellis was born (d. 2007). American psychologist.
• 1915 - Ramalho Ortigão dies. Portuguese writer/ Morre Ramalho Ortigão (b. 1836). Escritor português autor de O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, elaborado em parceria com Eça de Queirós.
• 1916 - Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
• 1916 - Frank Handlen was born. American artist.
• 1917 - Louis Auchincloss was born. American novelist.
• 1917 - William T. Orr was born (d. 2002). American television producer.
• 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.
• 1919 - Johnny Pesky was born. American baseball player.
• 1919 - Charles Percy was born. American politician.
• 1920 - William Conrad was born (d. 1994). American actor.
• 1920 - Jayne Meadows was born. American actress.
• 1921 - Milton Subotsky was born (d. 1991). American TV and film producer.
• 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 - Bernard Waber was born. American author.
• 1924 - Bud Powell was born (d. 1966). American jazz pianist.
• 1924 - Fred Singer was born. American environmental scientist.
• 1924 – Josef Škvorecký was born. Czech writer and exulant publisher
• 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.
• 1929 – Barbara Murray was born. English actress.
• 1930 - Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was The U.S Open, The British Open, and The Amateur Championships.
• 1931 - Freddy Quinn was born. Austrian singer.
• 1932 - Geoff Bent was born (d. 1958). English footballer.
• 1932 - Michael Colvin was born. Canadian singer.
• 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson was born. American economist.
• 1932 - Roger C. Carmel was born (d .1986). American actor.
• 1932 - Yash Chopra was born. Indian director.
• 1933 - Greg Morris was born (d. 1996). American actor.
• 1933 - Rodney Cotterill was born (d. 2007). Danish-English physicist.
• 1933 - Will Sampson was born (d. 1987). American actor.
• 1933 - Ring Lardner dies (b. 1885). American writer.
• 1933 - Fortunato de Almeida dies. Portuguese historian.
• 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr. was born. American actor.
• 1934 - Dick Schaap was born (d. 2001). American sports reporter.
• 1934 - Wilford Brimley was born. American actor.
• 1936 - Don Cornelius was born. American television host.
• 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe was born. British playwright.
• 1937 - Balinese Tiger is declared extinct.
• 1938 - Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
• 1939 - Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
• 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson was born. American poet and writer.
• 1939 - Kathy Whitworth was born in Monahans, Texas. Professional golf's all-time leading tournament winner.
• 1940 - World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• 1940 - Benoni Beheyt was born. Belgian cyclist.
• 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 - Foundation of EAM (National Liberation Front) in Greece.
• 1941 - Gay Kayler was born. Australian country music singer.
• 1941 - Peter Bonetti was born. English footballer.
• 1941 - Serge Ménard was born. Québécois politician.
• 1942 - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra perform for the last time before Miller enters the US Army.
• 1942 - Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
• 1942 - Alvin Stardust was born. English singer.
• 1942 - Dith Pran was born. Cambodian-born photojournalist.
• 1943 - Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta was born. Italian aristocrat.
• 1943 - Randy Bachman was born. Canadian musician.
• 1944 - The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in WWII.
• 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.
• 1945 - Kay Ryan was born. American poet.
• 1946 - Robin Nedwell was born (d. 1999). English comedy actor.
• 1946 - T.C. Cannon was born (d. 1978). Kiowa/Caddo artist.
• 1947 - Barbara Dickson was born. Scottish singer.
• 1947 - Denis Lawson was born. Scottish actor.
• 1948 – Duncan Fletcher was born. Rhodesia and Zimbabwe cricketer, ex-coach of England cricket team.
• 1947 - Liz Torres was born. American actress.
• 1947 - Meat Loaf was born. American singer.
• 1948 - A Martinez was born. American actor.
• 1948 - John K. Reed was born. American coral biologist.
• 1948 – Les Chapman was born. English footballer and football manager.
• 1948 - Michele Dotrice was born. English actor.
• 1948 - Tom Braidwood was born. Canadian actor.
• 1949 - The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
• 1949 - Graham Richardson was born. Australian politician.
• 1949 - Jahn Teigen was born. Norwegian singer.
• 1949 - Mike Schmidt was born. American baseball player.
• 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was born. Japanese actor.
• 1951 - Jim Shooter was born. American comic book writer.
• 1951 - Michel Rivard was born. Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage).
• 1951 - Paul Craig was born. British law professor.
• 1952 - André Viger was born. French Canadian marathoner.
• 1952 - Didier Dubois was born. French mathematician.
• 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu was born. Romanian cosmonaut
• 1952 - Francisco Morais Alves (O Rei da Voz ; the Voice's king) dies (b. 19 Aug 1898). Brazilian singer and composer.
• 1953 - TV Record, Brazilian TV Network, debuts.
• 1953 - Claudio Gentile was born. Italian footballer.
• 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott was born. British politician.
• 1953 - Greg Ham was born. Australian musician (Men at Work).
• 1953 – Mata Amritanandamayi was born. Indian religious leader.
• 1953 - Mick Wagner was born. American monologist.
• 1954 - The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
• 1954 - Ray Hadley was born. Australian radio broadcaster.
• 1956 - USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
• 1956 - Gerald Finzi dies (b. 1901). English composer.
• 1956 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias dies (b. 1911). American athlete and golfer.
• 1957 - Vulcão dos Capelinhos. In Faial, Azores, Portugal, begins the vulcanic eruption known by Vulcão dos Capelinhos.
• 1958 - Shaun Cassidy was born. American singer and actor.
• 1959 - Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon.
• 1959 - Beth Heiden was born. American speed skater.
• 1960 - Barron Lerner was born. American physician and historian.
• 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr was born. French-American actor and director.
• 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst dies (b. 1882). English suffragette and social activist.
• 1961 - Serra Leoa joins the United Nations.
• 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.
• 1964 – Stephan Jenkins was born. American singer (Third Eye Blind).
• 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 – Ricky Fuji was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
• 1965 - Steve Kerr was born. Lebanese-born basketball player.
• 1965 - Clara Bow dies (b. 1905). American actress.
• 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini (Jovanotti) was born. Italian singer.
• Uche_Okechukwu was born.Nigerian international football player.
• 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.
• 1970 – Tamara Taylor was born. American actress (Bones).
• 1970 – Yoshiharu Habu was born. Japanese professional shogi player.
• 1971 – Amanda Detmer was born. American actress.
• 1971 - Li Yapeng was born. Chinese actor.
• 1972 - Clara Hughes was born. Canadian cyclist.
• 1972 – Craig L. Rice was born. American politician.
• 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California. American actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight ).
• 1972 - Sylvia Crawley was born. American basketball player.
• 1972 - S. R. Ranganathan dies (b. 1892). Indian mathematician and librarian.
• 1973 - Chris Demakes was born. American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake).
• 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.
• 1975 – Thanos Petrelis was born. Greek singer.
• 1976 - Dean Butterworth was born. English musician.
• 1976 - Francesco Totti was born. Italian footballer.
• 1976 - Jason Phillips was born. American baseball player.
• 1976 - Matt Harding was born. American video game developer.
• 1977 - The 300 metre tall CKVR-TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
• 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 - Christian Jones was born. Australian racing driver.
• 1979 - Jon Garland was born. American baseball player.
• 1979 - Steve Simpson was born. Australian rugby league footballer.
• 1979 - Zita Görög was born. Hungarian actress and model.
• 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.
• 1980 - Asashoryu was born. Mongolian sumo wrestler.
• 1981 - Brendon McCullum was born. New Zealand cricketer.
• 1981 - Cytherea was born. American adult actress.
• 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji was born. Indian cricketer.
• 1981 - Sophie Crumb was born. American comics artist.
• 1981 - Robert Montgomery dies (b. 1904). American actor.
• 1982 - Anna Camp was born. American actress.
• 1982 - Darrent Williams was born (d. 2007). American football player.
• 1982 - Lil Wayne was born. American rapper and producer (Cash Money Records).
• 1982 - Zero Kazama was born. Japanese-American gameshow host.
• 1983 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
• 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).
• 1983 - Jeon Hye Bin was born. Korean actress.
• 1983 - Shermon Tang was born. Hong Kong actress.
• 1983 - Travis MacRae was born. Canadian singer-songwriter.
• 1984 - Avril Lavigne was born. Canadian singer and songwriter.
• 1984 - John Lannan was born. American baseball player.
• 1984 - Paul Bevan was born. Australian football player.
• 1985 - Portugal: Centro Comercial Amoreiras in Lisbon, architected by Tomás Taveira, opens.
• 1985 - Jamar Butler was born. American basketball player.
• 1985 - Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island, New York.
• 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).
• 1986 - Ricardo Risatti was born. Argentine racing driver.
• 1986 – Vin Mazzaro was born. American baseball player.
• 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.
• 1989 - Park Tae-Hwan was born. South Korean swimmer.
• 1990 - Kylee Lin was born. American beauty pageant winner.
• 1991 - Portugal : Publicação do último número do jornal Diário Popular, fundado a 22 de Setembro de 1942.
• 1991 - Adam Chicksen was born. English football player.
• 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.
• 1992 - Nigel Mansell (Equipe Williams) vence o Grande Prémio do Estoril (Portugal).
• 1992 - Jake Burbage was born. American actor.
• 1993 - Constituição da Cabovisão (Portugal)
• 1993 - The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
• 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.
• 1995 – Lina Leandersson was born. Swedish actress.
• 1996 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah (b. 1947).
• 1996 - The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
• 1996 - Daeg Faerch was born. Danish-born Canadian actor.
• 1996 - Iman bint Al Abdullah II was born. Princess of Jordan.
• 1996 - Mohammad Najibullah dies (b. 1947). President of Afghanistan.
  
• 1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
• 1997 - Walter Trampler dies (b. 1915). American violist.
• 1998 - Google is founded.
• 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.
• 2004 - John E. Mack dies (b. 1929). American psychiatrist and author.
• 2005 - Ronald Golias dies (b 1929). Brazilian comedian.
• 2006 - Platte Canyon High School shooting in Bailey, Colorado
• 2007 - Kenji Nagai dies (b. 1957). Japanese photojournalist.
• 2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7.
• 2008 - Benfica defeats Sporting 2-0 for the Portuguese football Championship.
• 2008 – Mahendra Kapoor dies (b. 1934). Indian singer.
• 2009 - Parliamentar elections in Portugal.
• 2009 - Ivan Dykhovichnyy dies (b. 1947). Russian film director and screenwriter.
  
• 2009 – William Safire dies (b. 1929). American columnist.
  
• RC Saints - Saint Vincent de Paul.
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) - First day of the eleventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
• Belgium - French Community Day.
• Meskel in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
• Dia da Música Popular Brasileira.
• World Tourism Day / Dia Mundial do Turismo.