1813 - Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
1835 - Melbourne, Australia is founded.
1914 - World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
1945 - Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1981 - President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.
1999 - East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.
Famous Birthdays
1808 - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
1917 - Denis Healey, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1919 - Wolfgang Wagner, opera director
1934 - Baloo Gupte, cricketer
1951 - Dana Rosemary Scallon, singer and politician
1963 - Mark Strong, actor
1985 - Steven Smith, footballer
1989 - Simone Guerra, footballer
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