1000 - The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen. Today celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
1083 - Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.
1775 - The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
1866 - President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
1914 - World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
1944 - World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet offensive.
1960 - Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
1988 - Iran–Iraq War: a cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Famous Birthdays
1561 - Jacopo Peri, composer
1833 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States
1845 - St. Albert Chmielowski, Catholic Saint
1901 - Salvatore Quasimodo, writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 - Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia
1944 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
1949 - Phil Lynott, musician
1983 - Andrew Garfield, actor
1992 - Demi Lovato, actress and singer
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