1440 - Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
1762 - Seven Years War: Battle of Signal Hill.
1812 - The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
1812 - War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
1835 - HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipielago.
1862 - American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1916 - World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
1935 - Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
1940 - World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
1950 - Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
1952 - United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1981 - Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
1993 - Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
2008 - Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in US history.
Famous Birthdays
1533 - Catherine of Austria, Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania
1666 - Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
1857 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States
1864 - Prince Sigismund of Prussia
1890 - Agatha Christie, author
1904 - King Umberto II of Italy, the last Monarch of Italy
1913 - Henry Brant, composer
1915 - Al Casey, guitarist
1921 - Norma MacMillan, actress
1929 - Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
1937 - Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
1950 - Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
1972 - HRH Letizia, Princess of Asturias, the wife of HRHFelipe, Prince of Asturias, the heir apparent to the Spanish throne.
1973 - HRH Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, the husband of HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
1984 - HRH Prince Henry (Harry) of Wales, fourth in line to the British throne
1986 - Poppy Delevingne, model
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