539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
1216 - King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.
1279 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon.
1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached India.
1582 - Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1692 - The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
1822 - Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the Emperor of the Brazil.
1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.
1901 - President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
1915 - World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
1942 - World War II: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack.
1944 - World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.
1968 - Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
1986 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China
Famous Birthdays:
1006 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan
1537 - King Edward VI of England
1558 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria
1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - 1st Labour Prime Minister
1896 - Eugenio Montale, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
1948 - Rick Parfitt, musician
1955 - Ante Gotovina, general
1979 - Steven Agnew, politician
1988 - Sam Whitelock, rugby player
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