1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
1744 - France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
1882 - Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1938 - At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1947 - The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
1962 - James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
1966 - The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
1993 - An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
Famous Birthdays:
1227 - Pope Nicholas IV
1732 - Jacques Necker, finance minister of Louis XVI
1811 - Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar of Prussia, consort of William I, German Emperor.
1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco
1917 - Park Chung-hee, former President of South Korea
1939 - Len Cariou, actor
1953 - S. M. Stirling, author
1966 - Gary Armstrong, rugby player
1981 - Cecelia Ahern, author
1985 - T-Pain, musician
1986 - Rene Ranger, rugby player
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