293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is dedicated.
1040 - King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1057 - King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1483 - Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1519 - Panama City, Panama, is founded.
1537 - Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
1540 - Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
1599 - Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1843 - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1944 - World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 - World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war.
1947 - India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1948 - The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
1960 - Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1971 - Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 - Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends
1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
Famous Birthdays:
1771 - Sir Walter Scott, novelist and poet
1860 - Florence Harding, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Warren G. Harding
1890 - Jacques Ibert, composer
1912 - Julia Child, chef, author and TV personality
1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller, actress
1917 - Jack Lynch, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland
1928 - Nicolas Roeg, film director
1935 - Jim Dale, actor
1951 - John Childs, cricketer
1959 - Scott Altman, astronaut
1972 - Ben Affleck, actor
1977 -Igor Cassina, gymnast
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