1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
1857 - Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
1945 - Founding of the United Nations
1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence)
1973 - Yom Kippur War ends
2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
Famous Birthdays:
51 - Domitian, Roman Emperor
1739 - Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess and composer
1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain
1891 - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, President of the Dominican Republic
1967 - Ian Bishop, cricketer
1985 - Wayne Rooney, footballer
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