1227 - Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
1511 - Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4th of this year is followed directly by October 15th.
1636 - The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
1795 - Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
1824 - Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1830 - Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium after separation from the Netherlands.
1853 - Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
1883 - First run of the Orient Express.
1927 - Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1943 - World War II: US captures Solomon Islands.
1958 - Fifth Republic of France is established.
1965 - Becoming the first Pope to ever visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.
1966 - Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
1992 - The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique
2010 - The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.
Famous Birthdays:
1289 - King Louis X of France
1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden
1585 - Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
1626 - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States
1841 - Prudente de Morais, 3rd President of Brazil
1868 - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, 20th President of Argentina
1895 - Richard Sorge, spy who worked for the Soviet Union
1913 - Martial Célestin, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti
1937 - Jackie Collins, author and actress
1959 - Chris Lowe, singer and keyboard player
1975 - Cristiano Lucarelli, football player
1980 - Sarah Fisher, race car driver
1989 - Dakota Johnson, model and actress
2005 - HRH Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, 4th in line to the throne of Belgium
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