1002 - English King Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1642 - First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
1775 - American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal, Quebec.
1887 - Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1947 - The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
1950 - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1969 - Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death
1994 - In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
2001 - War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2007 - The Russian Federation officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia.
Famous Birthdays:
354 - St Augustine of Hippo, catholic saint
1312 - King Edward III of England
1504 - Philipp I of Hesse
1780 - Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of The Punjab(Sikh Empire)
1801 - Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen of Prussia
1899 - Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan
1949 - Terry Reid, singer
1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, actress, singer and comedienne
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